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I continue to work with mammary infections by helminths in a variety of hosts. This has been shown extensively for some nematodes, especially strongyloids, in some hosts and in some parts of the...
13 January 2017 9,404 2 View
We have done preliminary research on insects living in Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) next boxes in the southeastern U.S.A. (see associated conference poster and published abstract on...
25 February 2015 4,990 14 View
In the last 10 years we have seen an increase in published cases of proliferative sparganosis and/or proliferative Mesocestoides tetrathyridiosis reported from several host species in many parts...
21 January 2015 4,401 2 View
Non-host mechanical vectors are frequently overlooked as transmitters and/or disseminators of pathogens in agricultural, sylvatic, and urban systems. This may be particularly important for...
18 December 2014 8,936 8 View
Besides our concern over bat populations for their own distinctiveness and inherent value, we must recognize that bats support unique communities of cave life through their guano deposition. ...
09 October 2014 6,424 4 View
Two patients infected with Ebola virus have now entered the U.S. for treatment, but they are in a highly controlled environment. However, while the press and the public have been very aware of...
04 August 2014 9,125 7 View
We see much discussion of global spread and potential pandemics from zoonotic infectious threats (e.g. Ebola, MERS, cryptosporidiosis) and vector-borne threats (e.g., Chikungunya, dengue). Some...
27 May 2014 2,060 14 View
I am doing research on blood dispersal by biting horse flies and deer flies, and need insight from entomologists experienced with this group regarding the degree to which and the circumstances...
17 March 2014 4,632 10 View
We have made major progress toward elimination of polio as a major threat in most of the world. Yet coxsackieviruses and other enteroviruses, some causing symptoms similar to those of polio, may...
24 February 2014 4,446 2 View
Aedes albopictus continues to expand geographically as an invasive species in various parts of the world, where it may alter the epidemiological profile of viral diseases such as dengue and...
12 February 2014 5,825 21 View
Dengue virus, similar to Chikungunya in many clinical and epidemiological aspects, is already well established in Mexico and has occurred recently in the United States. Dengue is also well...
20 January 2014 4,282 43 View
Current surveillance, vector control, and public health practices may be inadequate to deal with the potentially aggressive expansion of this disease, especially with warming climate and changes...
26 November 2013 986 3 View
I need to recruit a wide range of non-biologists to deploy traps for me so that I can obtain living tabanids (horse flies and deer flies especially) for my research.
23 October 2013 3,568 11 View
Biomphalaria glabrata is the intermediate host for the important human blood fluke, Schistosoma mansoni, present in parts of the Caribbean. Establishment of this species in suitable habitats in...
02 April 2013 5,673 19 View
One Health seems to imply the integration of Human, Veterinary, and Environmental Health at any geographic level, while One World Health seems to emphasize Global Health. But there seems to be...
28 December 2012 2,837 3 View