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Study of deer mice on California's Channel Islands provides new information on hantavirus

(PhysOrg.com) -- A little information can go a long way when it comes to understanding rodent-borne infectious disease, as shown by a new study led by scientist John Orrock of the University of Wisconsin-Madison ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Big, old mice spread hantavirus

University of Utah researchers dusted wild deer mice with fluorescent pink, blue, green, yellow and orange talcum powders to show which rodents most often fought or mated with others and thus were most likely ...

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created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0




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Precipitation, predators may be key in ecological regulation of infectious disease

A little information can go a surprisingly long way when it comes to understanding rodent-borne infectious disease, as shown by a new study led by John Orrock from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ticks linked to deadly virus discovered in China

(PhysOrg.com) -- Doctors have been aware for years that ticks can spread the bacteria responsible for Lyme disease, but scientists in China have discovered a new deadly virus that is also carried by ticks ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Tracking disease from outer space

Satellite images are great for creating maps, finding bad guys, and, it turns out, predicting when deadly illnesses may break out.

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Monitoring killer mice from space

The risk of deadly hantavirus outbreaks in people can be predicted months ahead of time by using satellite images to monitor surges in vegetation that boost mouse populations, a University of Utah study says. ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Biodiversity loss: Detrimental to your health

(PhysOrg.com) -- Plant and animal extinctions are detrimental to your health. That's the conclusion of a paper published in this week's issue of the journal Nature by scientists who studied the link betwee ...

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stanford land-use expert brings satellite data down to Earth

By integrating remote satellite imagery with revelations from door-to-door interviews, Stanford University geographer Eric Lambin and his colleagues are exploring the complex conditions that give rise to a ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Carnivorous mice spread deadly plague in prairie dog towns, study finds

Prairie dogs, once abundant in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains, have been decimated in recent decades by plague - a virulent bacterial disease spread by fleas.

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

A cell turns into a virus factory

Bunyaviruses are poorly researched, despite their diversity and importance in relation to animal and human diseases. ETH Zurich researchers led by virologist Ari Helenius have now discovered the tricks used ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 25, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Scientists grow new lungs using 'skeletons' of old ones

For someone with a severe, incurable lung disorder such as cystic fibrosis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a lung transplant may be the only chance for survival. Unfortunately, it's often not a very good chance. ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Species down, disease up: Study shows biodiversity loss drives human infections

The extinction of plant and animal species can be likened to emptying a museum of its collection, or dumping a cabinet full of potential medicines into the trash, or replacing every local cuisine with McDonald's burgers.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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