Drew Kramer, John Drake and colleagues at Old Dominion University have published a new model for the accumulation of bacterial species on organic aggregates. The…
Whooping cough, caused by the infectious bacterium Bordetella pertussis, is a disease historically associated with childhood. During the third quarter of the twentieth century whooping…
The influenza virus is one of the primary causes of acute respiratory infections in humans. Influenza is interesting from an ecological perspective, however, because it…
Vector-borne diseases in urban environments are a major public health issue in the developing world. The outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV) in New York…
Marine aggregates constitute a significant portion of the suspended material in seawater and are highly enriched in bacteria. These include pathogenic bacteria, and aggregates have…
Wildlife and plant diseases can reduce biodiversity, disrupt ecosystem services and threaten human health. Emerging pathogens have displayed a variety of spatial spread patterns due…
An international group of researchers, including John Drake, examine the global distribution and burden of dengue in a new paper out in the journal Nature. Bhatt,…