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Spatial clusters of human and livestock anthrax define high-risk areas requiring intervention in Lao Cai Province, Vietnam 1991-2022
May 7, 2024
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Spatial epidemiology of human anthrax in Son La province, Vietnam, 2003-2022
March 14, 2024
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Spatial and phylogenetic patterns reveal hidden infection sources of Bacillus anthracis in an anthrax outbreak in Son La province, Vietnam
October 19, 2023
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Genomic and Phylogenetic Analysis of Bacillus cereus Biovar anthracis Isolated from Archival Bone Samples Reveals Earlier Natural History of the Pathogen
September 7, 2023
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Situation of anthrax in humans, animals and the environment in Ha Giang and Son La provinces in 2010 – 2022
August 18, 2023
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Incidence and Spatial distribution of Human and Livestock Anthrax in Cao Bang Province, Vietnam (2004–2020)
August 18, 2023
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Spatial analysis of human and livestock anthrax in Dien Bien province, Vietnam (2010–2019) and the significance of anthrax vaccination in livestock
January 3, 2023
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Anthrax hotspot mapping in Kenya support establishing a sustainable two-phase elimination program targeting less than 6% of the country landmass
January 3, 2023
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Convergent evolution of diverse Bacillus anthracis outbreak strains toward altered surface oligosaccharides that modulate anthrax pathogenesis
December 28, 2020
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Animal carcasses may increase grazing potential and anthrax transmission risk for elk and bison, but differently
October 22, 2020
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Emerging Pathogens Institute
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Royal Society Open Science
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Ungulate use of locally infectious zones in a re-emerging anthrax risk area
October 22, 2020
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Blackburn
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Royal Society Open Access
Ryan
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Latest SEER Lab and QDEC Lab publication defines sex-specific anthrax risk for elk
October 12, 2020
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Blackburn
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MedGeo
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Ryan
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The Journal of Wildlife Management
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Sex-Specific Elk Resource Selection during the Anthrax Risk Period
October 1, 2020
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Blackburn
Cervus canadensis
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Ryan
SEER Lab
sex-specific
The Journal of Wildlife Management
Yang
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Meet the Geographer: Dr. Mike Norris
September 21, 2020
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Burkholderia pseudomallei
MedGeo
Meet the Geographer
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SEER Lab
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The Next Pandemic Could Be Hiding in the Arctic Permafrost
April 7, 2020
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Emerging Pathogens Institute
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The New Republic
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MedGeo researchers present at EPI Research Day
February 13, 2020
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MedGeo Brief – Coronavirus
February 6, 2020
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Geography Colloquium: Mapping Challenges, Genetic Mutations, & Complicated Diagnostics of Anthrax Across West Africa
October 26, 2017
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Geography Colloquium: Bison, Anthrax, and the Environment – Indirect Disease Transmission Risks & Modeling
October 6, 2016
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Redefining the Australian Anthrax Belt: Modeling the Ecological Niche and Predicting the Geographic Distribution of Bacillus anthracis
June 9, 2016
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Australia
Barro
Blackburn
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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Predicting Disease Risk, Identifying Stakeholders, and Informing Control Strategies: A Case Study of Anthrax in Montana
May 11, 2016
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Blackburn
disease
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human health
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MedGeo
Montana
Morris
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Spatio-temporal patterns of an anthrax outbreak in white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginanus, and associated genetic diversity of Bacillus anthracis
December 15, 2015
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agriculture
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BCM Ecology
Blackburn
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MedGeo
public health
Texas
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Applying Science: opportunities to inform disease management policy with cooperative research within a One Health framework
December 7, 2015
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2015 graduate publication
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Frontiers in Public Health
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Elk resource selection and implications for anthrax management in Montana
November 6, 2015
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2015 graduate publication
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bison
Blackburn
EEID
elk
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modeling
Montana
Morris
The Journal of Wildlife Management
vaccine
wildlife
zoonotic
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Geography Colloquium: Anthrax in Australia: Integrating Ecological Niche Modeling and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Assessing Risk of Transmission
November 5, 2015
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Australia
Barro
GIS
MedGeo
modeling
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Human Anthrax Transmission at the Urban–Rural Interface, Georgia
October 5, 2015
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2015 graduate publication
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Blackburn
epidemiology
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Georgia
Graduate Publication
Kracalik
MedGeo
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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Geography Colloquium: Wildlife Movement and Disease Risk: Exploring Anthrax Transmission in Montana
October 2, 2015
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disease
MedGeo
Montana
Morris
wildlife
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Bacillus anthracis Diversity and Geographic Potential across Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad: Further Support of a Novel West African Lineage
August 20, 2015
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Blackburn
Cameroon
Chad
MedGeo
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PLOS Neglected Diseases
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