Sicker livestock may increase climate woes
Oct 2020
Climate change is affecting the spread and severity of infectious diseases—and infectious diseases may in turn be contributing to climate change.
New UGA model highlights continued COVID-19 risks
Sep 2020
A new model from the UGA Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases shows continued risk from the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.
Herd immunity an impractical strategy, study finds
Sep 2020
Achieving herd immunity to COVID-19 is an impractical public health strategy, according to a new model from UGA scientists.
Migration shapes patterns of disease transmission
Sep 2020
Long-distance animal migrations can trigger relapse of dormant infections, influencing when and where infection risk peaks, according to research by alumnus Dan Becker, PhD ’17, and Asst. Prof. Richard Hall.
New algorithm signals a possible disease resurgence
Sep 2020
UGA scientists developed an algorithm that monitors public health data to predict reemergence of existing infectious diseases like mumps and pertussis.
Infectious diseases professor studies immune response
Sep 2020
Vanessa Ezenwa integrates perspectives from microbial to ecosystem scales to explore the interactions of parasites and social behavior.
Drake discusses mismatch between COVID-19 death and case rates
Aug 2020
John Drake was interviewed on BBC Newsday about the reasons for the current mismatch between the rates of COVID-19 cases and deaths.
Vector age and species effects influence malaria transmission
Aug 2020
Models of malaria transmission that take vector age and species effects into account yield different results than those that don’t.
Preliminary study results suggest COVID-19 outbreaks likely on campuses
Aug 2020
Preliminary results from a study by Prof. John Drake suggest COVID-19 outbreaks on university campuses are likely.
UGA researchers to study zoonotic disease spillover
Aug 2020
The UGA Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases will study the effects of environmental and human factors on zoonotic disease spillover.