This interdisplinary study seeks inspiration for modern medicine by investigating how Amazonian populations of different culture perceive disease and how this affects the choice of treatment.
Using co-occurrences of mammalian hosts and insect vectors to understand transmission patterns of the Chagas parasite.
An analysis of ethnobotanical traditions in 16th century medicine production
Using Complex Inference Networks to predict zoonotic multi-host systems
This study uses GBIF-mediated occurrences to model current and future distributions of a potential vector of several disease-causing agents
This study presents an interaction network for ticks, hosts and the pathogens their carry
Reassessing risk of Ebola through new confirmed cases of human disease combined with virus findings in animals.
How will global change impact emergence and spread of human infectious diseases?
This study explores the distributions of reservoir and vector species of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium knowlesi.
In Latin America, the protozoan parasite Leishmania mexicana is the causal agent of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Spread by sand flies, this ulcer-causing disease represents a serious public health problem in Mexico.