PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Archives - Geography

Dr. Sadie Ryan Best of PLOS 2019!

May 22, 2020

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Healthcare worker in a white coat administering a vaccination to a person's upper arm

Machine Learning Predictions of Dengue Patients Outcomes Yield Promising Results

March 5, 2020

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

February 14, 2020

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Map of genotype frequencies for F1534C and V1016I across three seasons in Machala, Huaquillas, and Zaruma Portovelo

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

June 24, 2019

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

June 10, 2019

Tagged Aedes aegypti death rates Ecuador Faculty Publication Graduate Publication infectious disease control insecticides Lippi Malathion MedGeo mosquitoes Mundis PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases public and occupational health Ryan Sippy variant genotypes

Person with a backpack sprayer treating standing water in a flooded area near buildings

New research models temperature-driven Zika, dengue, and chikungunya transmission

May 10, 2017

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Map of Cameroon showing sub climatic and ecological zones including Sudano-Sahelian, Tropical humid, and Guinea equatorial regions

Graduate Publications Publications

Cholera in Cameroon, 2000-2012: Spatial and Temporal Analysis at the Operational (Health District) and Sub Climate Levels

November 17, 2016

Tagged Africa Blackburn Cameroon cholera epidemiology Faculty Publication Graduate Publication Kracalik MedGeo Morris PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Redefining the Australian Anthrax Belt: Modeling the Ecological Niche and Predicting the Geographic Distribution of Bacillus anthracis

June 9, 2016

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