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Ecology of Infectious Diseases - A Special Report Providing an Overview of Projects funded by the NSF Show Full Record 1545

Source: National Science Foundation - www.nsf.gov
Resource Type(s): Illustrations, Issue Overviews
Searchable Keywords: Chronic wasting disease Disease ecology Hantavirus Lyme disease
Abstract: Discusses current projects funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) that are researching infectious diseases. These research projects include studying hantavirus, Lyme disease and chronic wasting disease. Provides illustrative diagrams with textual content.

Emerging Infectious Disease - Lecture No. 11 - Emerging Diseases in Fish and Wildlife Introduction and Importance to Agriculture Show Full Record 530

Source: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Institute for Distance and Distributed Learning
Resource Type(s): Issue Overviews
Searchable Keywords: Algal bloom Avian vacuolar myelinopathy Chronic wasting disease Domestic animal health West Nile virus Wildlife diseases Wildlife management
Abstract: A continuing education lecture on emerging infectious diseases. It includes an approximate 45 minute video with follow along handouts. Discusses the wildlife disease investigations in the appearance of four different West Nile Virus (WNV), Avian Vacuolar Myelinopathy (AVM), Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB), Chronic wasting disease (CWD).

Emerging Infectious Diseases - Animations and Images Show Full Record 3190

Source: Annenberg Media
Resource Type(s): Audio Visual Materials, Illustrations
Searchable Keywords: Diseases Emerging infectious diseases
Abstract: Lists a collection of animations and images illustrating different aspects of emerging infectious diseases. A sample of the collection includes the following titles: Antigenic Shift, Bacterial Transformation, and Influenza Infection. When each animations and/or image is opened, a set of related links is available for locating additional information about a topic. This collection is provided by Annenberg Media to "help teachers increase their expertise in the fields and assist them in improving ...

Emerging Infectious Diseases: A Series of Continuing Education Lectures Show Full Record 531

Source: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Institute for Distance and Distributed Learning
Resource Type(s): Audio Visual Materials, Instruction, Issue Overviews, Presentations
Searchable Keywords: Domestic animal health Emerging infectious diseases Human health Wildlife diseases
Abstract: A collection of fifteen continuing-education lectures on emerging infectious diseases. The goal of this course is maintain and spread awareness about this topic.

Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Can on-the-ground monitoring of wildlife help detect the impacts of climate and environmental change on infectious disease epidemiology? Show Full Record 3277

Source: Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Resource Type(s): Presentations
Searchable Keywords: Climatic change Disease spread Infectious diseases Wildlife surveys
Abstract: Presentation by William Karesh, D.V.M., Wildlife Conservation Society at the Institute of Medicine's Forum on Microbial Threats public workshop entitled "Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Understanding the Potential Contributions to the Emergence, Reemergence and Spread of Infectious Disease."

Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Climate Change - Its Effects on Healthy Aquatic and Marine Wildlife Populations Show Full Record 3276

Source: Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Resource Type(s): Presentations
Searchable Keywords: Climatic change Infectious diseases
Abstract: Presentation by Leslie Dierauf, V.M.D., USGS, National Wildlife Health Center at the Institute of Medicine's Forum on Microbial Threats public workshop entitled "Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Understanding the Potential Contributions to the Emergence, Reemergence and Spread of Infectious Disease."

Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Keynote Address - Ecological, environmental, and infectious disease impacts of global climate change and extreme weather events Show Full Record 3275

Source: Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Resource Type(s): Presentations
Searchable Keywords: Climatic change Infectious diseases
Abstract: Keynote Address by Donald Burke, M.D., University of Pittsburgh at the Institute of Medicine's Forum on Microbial Threats public workshop entitled "Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Understanding the Potential Contributions to the Emergence, Reemergence and Spread of Infectious Disease."

Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Understanding the Potential Contributions to the Emergence, Reemergence and Spread of Infectious Disease Show Full Record 3216

Source: Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Resource Type(s): Presentations
Searchable Keywords: Climatic change Infectious diseases
Abstract: On Tuesday, December 4, 2007 and Wednesday, December 5, 2007, the Institute of Medicine's Forum on Microbial Threats hosted a public workshop entitled "Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Understanding the Potential Contributions to the Emergence, Reemergence and Spread of Infectious Disease."

Grief on the Coral Reef - General Wildlife and Education Show Full Record 4269

Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison. Board of Regents
Resource Type(s): Issue Overviews
Searchable Keywords: Climatic change Coral diseases Coral reefs Endangered species
Abstract: From article: "All Australia is grieving for Steve Irwin, Crocodile Hunter of TV fame, who was killed Sept. 4, when a stingray's barb pierced his heart on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The photogenic, enthusiastic reptile-wrestler, died on the reef he loved at age 44. Suitably, he died on a biological wonder that is itself threatened with death: the coral reef.

The Why Files - Why Emerging Infectious Diseases are Now More Threatening Show Full Record 102

Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison. Board of Regents
Resource Type(s): Instruction, Issue Overviews
Searchable Keywords: Disease transmission Emerging infectious diseases Etiology Parasites Social aspects Zoonoses
Abstract: A part of the online magazine "The Why Files", this five, web page article focuses on the Ebola virus. It provides a brief overview on the causes of infectious diseases, how diseases are able to jump species, the dangerous traits of pathogens, and reasons why we should be concerned about emerging diseases. Some of the main concerns scientists have about infectious diseases are the speed in which they can travel over international borders, threats of biological warfare and bio-terrorism, and the ...

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