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Bacillus anthracis Diversity and Geographic Potential across Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad: Further Support of a Novel West African Lineage

BLACKBURN – Bacillus anthracis Diversity and Geographic Potential across Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad: Further Support of a Novel West African Lineage Jason K. Blackburn , Moses Ode Odugbo, Matthew Van Ert, Bob O’Shea, Jocelyn Mullins, Vincent Perrenten, Angaya Maho, Martin Hugh-Jones, Ted Hadfield Published: 20 August 2015 in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003931 ABSTRACT: Zoonoses, diseases […]

Identifying hotspots of human anthrax transmission using three local clustering techniques

BARRO, KRACALIK, BLACKBURN – study compared three local cluster detection methods to identify local hotspots of human cutaneous anthrax transmission in the country of Georgia where cases have been steadily Alassane S. Barro, Ian T. Kracalik, Lile Malania, Nikoloz Tsertsvadze, Julietta Manvelyan, Paata Imnadze, Jason K. Blackburn ABSTRACT: This study compared three local cluster detection […]

Dr. Jason Blackburn

Dr. Jason K. Blackburn University Term Professor Professor Graduate Coordinator he/him Principal Investigator, Emerging Pathogens Institute Director, Spatial Epidemiology & Ecology Research Laboratory (SEER Lab) jkblackburn@ufl.edu Twitter: @JasonKBlackburn (352) 294-7501 Focus Areas Focus Area 2: Medical Geography in Global Health (MGGH) Areas of Specialization Zoonotic diseases (those that affect animals and humans) Wildlife diseases Disease […]