Spatiotemporal changes in vegetation greenness across continental Ecuador: a Pacific-Andean-Amazonian gradient, 1982–2010

Posted on December 30, 2020

HARO-CARRIÓN, SOUTHWORTH, WAYLEN – Spatiotemporal changes in vegetation greenness across continental Ecuador: a Pacific-Andean-Amazonian gradient, 1982–2010 Xavier Haro-Carrión, Peter Waylen, & Jane Southworth Article first published online: 30 DEC 2020 Journal of Land Use Science DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2020.1866705 ABSTRACT: The tropics are greening, but little is known about greening patterns in the tropical Andes. Using Normalized […]

Summarizing the Research and Knowledge Gaps for Mosquito-borne Arboviruses in Ecuador

Posted on August 28, 2020

GAINESVILLE, FL – Researchers and clinicians in Ecuador face a challenging environment: this biodiverse country is home to many disease hosts and vectors. Particularly, the mosquitoes in Ecuador carry and transmit arboviruses (arthropod-borne viruses). This group includes diseases like dengue, chikungunya, Mayaro virus, yellow fever, and Zika, among others. All are spread by overlapping mosquito species. […]

Machine Learning Predictions of Dengue Patients Outcomes Yield Promising Results

Posted on March 5, 2020

GAINESVILLE, FL – Helping patients with dengue can be challenging – especially in countries with multiple diseases spread by mosquitoes. Dengue, chikungunya, and Zika are viruses spread by the same type of mosquito; all three viruses are present in Ecuador and many other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Patients infected with one of […]

Novel Network Approach to Mosquito Control Distribution Yields Insights for a City in Southern Ecuador

Posted on February 24, 2020

GAINESVILLE, FL – Fighting mosquito-borne disease can be costly – in both health and financial resources. While mosquito control is an effective way to combat the spread of diseases like dengue fever, the cost of spraying every house in a city quickly adds up. These costs limit public health vector control programs, which often operate […]

Dynamic Amazonia – Lessons for a Changing World

Posted on February 21, 2020

Dr. Cynthia Simmons presented as an invited featured speaker at the International Colloquium on Socio-Environmental Politics at Rhodes House, Oxford University, on 31 Jan 2020 in a talk titled Dynamic Amazonia: Lessons for a Changing World. Amazonia is critical to the global environment given its store of biodiversity and its repository of carbon. Since the […]

Severity Index for Suspected Arbovirus (SISA): Machine learning for accurate prediction of hospitalization in subjects suspected of arboviral infection

Posted on February 14, 2020

SIPPY, RYAN – Severity Index for Suspected Arbovirus (SISA): Machine learning for accurate prediction of hospitalization in subjects suspected of arboviral infection Rachel Sippy, Daniel F. Farrell, Daniel A. Lichtenstein, Ryan Nightingale, Megan A. Harris, Joseph Toth, Paris Hantztidiamantis, Nicholas Usher, Cinthya Cueva Aponte, Julio Barzallo Aguilar, Anthony Puthumana, Christina D. Lupone, Timothy Endy, Sadie […]

MedGeo researchers present at EPI Research Day

Posted on February 13, 2020

MedGeo researchers from the Quantitative Disease Ecology & Conservation Lab (QDEC Lab) and Spatial Epidemiology & Ecology Research Laboratory (SEER Lab) made a strong showing at Emerging Pathogens Institute‘s EPI Research Day 2020!

A network analysis framework to improve the delivery of mosquito abatement services in Machala, Ecuador

Posted on February 11, 2020

BLACKBURN, LIPPI, MAO, RYAN – A network analysis framework to improve the delivery of mosquito abatement services in Machala, Ecuador Catherine A. Lippi, Liang Mao, Anna M. Stewart-Ibarra, Naveed Heydari, Efraín Beltrán Ayala, Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena, Jason K. Blackburn & Sadie J. Ryan Article first published online: 11 FEB 2020 International Journal of Health Geographics […]

Insecticide Resistance Threatens the Control of Mosquito-Borne Disease in Ecuador

Posted on June 24, 2019

GAINESVILLE – In the battle against vector borne disease, mosquito control using insecticides is an essential tool. But what happens when that tool starts to fail, and how do you know it? Insecticides are regularly used by public health agencies to reduce populations of blood-sucking mosquitoes. Effective control programs are important to public health because, […]

Seasonal and geographic variation in insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti in southern Ecuador

Posted on June 10, 2019

LIPPI, MUNDIS, RYAN, SIPPY – Seasonal and geographic variation in insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti in southern Ecuador Sadie J. Ryan, Stephanie J. Mundis, Alex Aguirre, Catherine A. Lippi, Efraín Beltrán, Froilán Heras, Valeria Sanchez, Mercy J. Borbor-Cordova, Rachel Sippy, Anna M. Stewart-Ibarra , Marco Neira Article first published online: 10 JUN 2019 PLoS Neglected […]

New maps show where mosquitoes will invade Ecuador’s Andes mountains

Posted on April 25, 2019

GAINESVILLE – Blood sucking insects such as the Yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, are more than just a nuisance in Ecuador, they also spread diseases such as dengue fever, chikungunya and Zika. A warming world means that public health officials must decide where to direct surveillance and mosquito control efforts not only today, but also […]

Social-Ecological Factors Drive Dengue and Mosquito Presence in the Galapagos

Posted on March 8, 2019

GAINESVILLE, FL – With its turquoise waters and abundant wildlife, Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands have long been a vacation dream of many. Tourist guides highlight playful sea lions and giant tortoises, but they do not talk about the mosquitoes. For the more than 30,000 people who live there, emerging epidemics of mosquito-borne disease such as dengue, […]

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding dengue infection among public sector healthcare providers in Machala, Ecuador

Posted on June 1, 2016

RYAN – Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding dengue infection among public sector healthcare providers in Machala, Ecuador Andrew S. Handel, Efraín Beltrán Ayala, Mercy J. Borbor-Cordova, Abigail G. Fessler, Julia L. Finkelstein, Roberto Xavier Robalino Espinoza, Sadie J. Ryan and Anna M. Stewart-Ibarra Article first published online: 01 JUN 2016 Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines DOI: […]

NSF funding UF research on Zika virus

Posted on May 12, 2016

GAINESVILLE, Florida — Dr. Sadie Ryan (Assistant Professor of Medical Geography in the Department of Geography and UF’s Emerging Pathogen Institute) and colleagues, have just received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology’s Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) Program rapid response, or RAPID grant to study the socio-ecology and climate responses of Zika virus transmission […]

How does a mosquito in Ecuador affect people around the world?

Posted on November 14, 2015

Geography’s Dr. Sadie Ryan‘s NSF funded research in Ecuador was recently profiled for part of UF’s GatorGood initiative. Dr. Ryan’s work is focused on the impact of climate gradients on malaria, dengue fever, and cholera in Ecuador. Find out more about the far-reaching effects if Dr. Ryan’s work and learn how you can help contribute to the […]

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