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Spatial Patterns of Dengue Incidence in Nepal During Record Outbreaks
June 11, 2025
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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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Blackburn
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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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Blackburn
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Blood analytes of clinically normal and diseased neonatal and weaned farmed white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawns
August 22, 2023
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biological variation
Blackburn
blood analyses
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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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Luong
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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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Faculty Publication
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Vietnam
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Dr. Jason Blackburn receivesUniversity of Florida Research Foundation Professorship Award
April 25, 2023
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Research Foundation Professorship Award
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Beyond the spore, the exosporium sugar anthrose impacts vegetative Bacillus anthracis gene regulation in cis and trans
April 3, 2023
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Genetics
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Metrailer
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Malaria transmission in Nepal under climate change: anticipated shifts in extent and season, and comparison with risk definitions for intervention
January 3, 2023
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Anopheles stephensi
Bhattarai
Blackburn
Elimination
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Nepal
Ryan
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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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Luong
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Walker
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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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Kenya
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GARPTools: R software for data preparation and model evaluation of GARP models
October 18, 2021
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Ecography
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UFGeog at AAG 2021
April 5, 2021
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AAG 2021
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American Association of Geographers
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parks
Pflaum
Ryan
Seattle
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Williams
Williamson
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Latest SEER Lab publication evaluates Orbivirus exposure rates for non-native wildlife from free range preserves in North Florida
February 26, 2021
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Evidence of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus and Bluetongue Virus Exposure in Nonnative Ruminant Species in Northern Florida
January 12, 2021
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Florida
Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
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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
Etosha National Park
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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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Royal Society Open Access
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Uribasterra
Walker
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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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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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anthrax
Blackburn
Cervus canadensis
disease risk
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MedGeo
QDEC Lab
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Ryan
SEER Lab
sex-specific
The Journal of Wildlife Management
Yang
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Dr. Blackburn participates in Vietnam One Health University Network Panel
July 30, 2020
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One Health Biorisk Management Series
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Vietnam One Health University Network
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Distribution of Serological Response to Burkholderia pseudomallei in Swine from Three Provinces of Vietnam
July 18, 2020
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Burkholderia pseudomallei
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Whitmore
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MedGeo study on epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus seroprevalence in wild Florida deer
June 18, 2020
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Dinh
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Orange
orbivirus
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Exploring environmental coverages of species: a new variable contribution estimation methodology for rulesets from the genetic algorithm for rule-set prediction
May 12, 2020
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Blackburn
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Ecological niche modeling
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ecological niches
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GARP
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Median range
PeerJ
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Toxostoma rufum
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Variable selection
Yang
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Latest SEER Lab publication introduces novel variable selection method for ecological niche modeling
May 12, 2020
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Blackburn
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Spatial point pattern analysis of traces (SPPAT): An approach for visualizing and quantifying site-selectivity patterns of drilling predators
May 5, 2020
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Spatial Point Pattern Analysis of Traces (SPPAT)
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GeoGator Class of 2020 Commencement
May 4, 2020
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Serafin
Shir
Sounny
Southworth
Waylen
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The Next Pandemic Could Be Hiding in the Arctic Permafrost
April 7, 2020
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Emerging Pathogens Institute
infectious disease
influenza
livestock
MedGeo
permafrost
SEER Lab
The New Republic
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Living la Vida T-LoCoH – site fidelity of Florida ranched and wild white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) during the epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) transmission period
March 16, 2020
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Blackburn
cervid
Culicoides midges
Deer
Dinh
Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV)
Faculty Publication
Florida
MedGeo
pathogen
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Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus and Bluetongue Virus Seroprevalence in Wild White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Florida, USA
March 9, 2020
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Blackburn
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Deer
Dinh
EHDV
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MedGeo
Orange
orbivirus
SEER Lab
Uribasterra
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Novel Network Approach to Mosquito Control Distribution Yields Insights for a City in Southern Ecuador
February 24, 2020
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bilingual
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Ecuador
Ecuadorian Ministry of Health
geospatial science
International Journal of Health Geographics
Lippi
Machala
Mao
MedGeo
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Ryan
transportation geography
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MedGeo researchers present at EPI Research Day
February 13, 2020
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A network analysis framework to improve the delivery of mosquito abatement services in Machala, Ecuador
February 11, 2020
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Ecuador
Ecuadorian Ministry of Health
encephalitis
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International Journal of Health Geographics
Lippi
Machala
malaria
Mao
MedGeo
mosquito
mosquitoes
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Ryan
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Geography Colloquium: Tools to Improve Online Collaboration, Data Sharing, and Research Efficiency
January 29, 2020
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Geography Colloquium
UFGC
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Announcing The Navi-Gator, Issue 3!
January 9, 2020
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Blackburn
David L. Niddrie Excellence Fund
De Carvalho
Dillen
DNA
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Florida
Glass
Good
John & Fawn Dunkle Award for Graduate Student Travel
Lippi
Little Family Student Fellowship Award
McCleery
MedGeo
parks
Ryan Poehling Award for Top Graduate Student
Shimansky
The Navi-Gator
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Walker
Yan
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New maps show where mosquitoes will invade Ecuador’s Andes mountains
April 25, 2019
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Amazon
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Ecuador
Emerging Pathogens Institute
Lippi
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Ministry of Health
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Ryan
SUNY Upstate Medical University
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UFGeog at AAG 2018
March 16, 2018
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Mao
Matyas
McKay
Merz
Mollalo
Mossa
Muir
New Orleans
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Ryan
Smith
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Waylen
Wu
Yang
Zhou
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Geography Colloquium: Mapping Challenges, Genetic Mutations, & Complicated Diagnostics of Anthrax Across West Africa
October 26, 2017
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Agrica
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Geography Colloquium
MedGeo
SEER Lab
UFGC
West Africa
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Dr. Jason Blackburn named Colonel Allan R. & Margaret G. Crow Term Professor!
June 7, 2017
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Colonel Allan R. & Margaret G. Crow Term Professor
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Cholera in Cameroon, 2000-2012: Spatial and Temporal Analysis at the Operational (Health District) and Sub Climate Levels
November 17, 2016
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Africa
Blackburn
Cameroon
cholera
epidemiology
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Graduate Publication
Kracalik
MedGeo
Morris
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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Banana xanthomonas wilt continues to spread in Tanzania despite an intensive symptomatic plant removal campaign: an impending socio-economic and ecological disaster
September 16, 2016
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Africa
banana
Blackburn
BXW
cassava
ecology
Faculty Publication
food security
Kagera
maize
MedGeo
pathogen
Tanzania
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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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2016 graduate publication
agriculture
anthrax
Australia
Barro
Blackburn
ecological niches
livestock
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
public health
wildlife
zoonotic
Publications
Predicting Disease Risk, Identifying Stakeholders, and Informing Control Strategies: A Case Study of Anthrax in Montana
May 11, 2016
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anthrax
Blackburn
disease
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Graduate Publication
human health
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MedGeo
Montana
Morris
wildlife
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Congratulations to Dr. Hernández Ayala, Dr. Morris, and Dr. Zick!
May 3, 2016
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Hernández Ayala
Matyas
MedGeo
meteorology
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PhD
PhDone
Zick
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Spatiotemporal Clustering of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Genotypes in Florida: Genetic Diversity Segregated by Country of Birth
April 19, 2016
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Faculty Publication
Florida
genome
GIS
HIV
PLoS ONE
TB
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Are spatial and temporal patterns in Lynn Canal overwintering Pacific herring related to top predator activity?
February 18, 2016
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Blackburn
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Faculty Publication
fisheries
herring
predation
whales
wildlife
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Publications
Mapping to Support Fine Scale Epidemiological Cholera Investigations: A Case Study of Spatial Video in Haiti
February 3, 2016
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Blackburn
cholera
Faculty Publication
Haiti
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
MedGeo
public health
News
Job Announcement: Health and Social Change in Africa
January 8, 2016
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Africa
Binford
Blackburn
Center for African Studies
Child
Glass
Goldman
Mao
McDade-Gordon
Ryan
Southworth
Waylen
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Biothreat Reduction and Economic Development: The Case of Animal Husbandry in Central Asia
December 23, 2015
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agriculture
Asia
biothreat
Blackburn
brucellosis
central Asia
epidemiology
Faculty Publication
foot and mouth disease
Frontiers in Public Health
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
livestock
MedGeo
public health
Tajikstan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Walker
zoonotic
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Spring Course: GEO4938/GEO6938 Applications of GIS for Spatial Epidemiology and Disease Ecology
December 19, 2015
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Blackburn
disease
epidemiology
GIS
MedGeo
modeling
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wildlife
Publications
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
anthrax
BCM Ecology
Blackburn
Faculty Publication
livestock
MedGeo
public health
Texas
wildlife
zoonotic
Publications
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
Africa
anthrax
biowarfare
Blackburn
brucellosis
ebola
epidemiology
Faculty Publication
Frontiers in Public Health
Graduate Publication
Kazakhstan
Kracalik
livestock
MedGeo
plague
public health
tularemia
West Africa
wildlife
zoonotic
Publications
Elk resource selection and implications for anthrax management in Montana
November 6, 2015
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2015 graduate publication
anthrax
bison
Blackburn
EEID
elk
Faculty Publication
Graduate Publication
modeling
Montana
Morris
The Journal of Wildlife Management
vaccine
wildlife
zoonotic
Publications
Human Anthrax Transmission at the Urban–Rural Interface, Georgia
October 5, 2015
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2015 graduate publication
anthrax
Blackburn
epidemiology
Faculty Publication
Georgia
Graduate Publication
Kracalik
MedGeo
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Publications
Environmental Monitoring and Surveillance of Rodents and Vectors for Francisella tularensis Following Outbreaks of Human Tularemia in Georgia
September 30, 2015
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2015 graduate publication
Blackburn
Faculty Publication
Georgia
Graduate Publication
Kracalik
MedGeo
ticks
tularemia
vector-borne
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
voles
zoonotic
News
Publications
Human Brucellosis Trends: Re-emergence and Prospects for Control Using a One Health Approach in Azerbaijan (1983–2009)
September 25, 2015
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agriculture
Azerbaijan
Blackburn
brucellosis
Faculty Publication
geospatial science
MedGeo
Spatial Analysis
Zoonoses and Public Health
zoonotic
News
Publications
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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Africa
anthrax
Blackburn
Cameroon
Chad
MedGeo
Nigeria
PLOS Neglected Diseases
zoonotic
Publications
Identifying hotspots of human anthrax transmission using three local clustering techniques
April 3, 2015
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2015 graduate publication
Barro
Blackburn
Faculty Publication
Graduate Publication
Kracalik
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