CDC MMWR; tularemia and its potential use as a biological weapon
... Drs. Katherine Feldman and Ned Hayes, CDC zoonotic disease experts WHAT: To discuss this weeks Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report article, Tularemia United States, 1990-2000. Drs. Feldman and Hayes will discuss naturally occurring tularemia in the United States and its potential use a......th? Evaluating evidence for top-down regulation of zoonotic disease reservoirs," appears in this month's issue of the Ecological Society of America's journal F rontiers in Ecology and the Environment and explores the role of predators in curbing disease outbreaks in humans. Authors Richard Ostfeld (Instit...Zoonotic diseases - European scientists unite to fight diseases
...scientists needed to attack the problems caused by zoonotic disease. The institute is financed by the EU and will cost 14.4m over 5 years. Zoonotic diseases, caused by bacteria, viruses and parasites, are naturally transmitted from animals to man and each year cause 14m deaths worldwide (WHO). Such diseases...K-State's National Agricultural Biosecurity Center receives $1.3 Million from Department of Defense
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