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Big, old mice spread hantavirus
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Jan 07, 2009 |
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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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Species down, disease up: Study shows biodiversity loss drives human infections
Dec 03, 2009 |
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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.
Predators battle bugs, become pests themselves
Jul 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Imported insects have been deployed as foot soldiers in the fight against invasive bugs and plants that cause billions of dollars in damage each year. But some of those imports are proving to be pests themselves ...
Field stations foster serendipitous discoveries in environmental, biological sciences
Apr 08, 2009 |
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North America's biological field stations have long been home to a rich legacy of research results, scientists say, making them important places for serendipitous discoveries in the biological and environmental ...
Scientists Predicted 2006-2007 Outbreak of Deadly Virus
Feb 16, 2009 |
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An early warning system, more than a decade in development, successfully predicted the 2006-2007 outbreak of the deadly Rift Valley fever in northeast Africa, according to a new study led by NASA scientists.
Global warming linked to European viral epidemic
Jan 16, 2009 |
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An epidemic of the viral disease nephropathia epidemica (NE) has been linked to increases in the vole population caused by hotter summers, milder winters and increased seedcrop production by broadleaf trees. Research published ...
Can hantavirus infection spread among humans?
Jan 18, 2008 |
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In connection with last year's epidemic, a research team at Umea University in Sweden has managed for the first time to show that hantavirus exists in human saliva. This raises the question of whether this contagion can spread ...
Landmark study details demographic, ecological and genetic spread of rabies in raccoon outbreak
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May 17, 2007 |
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Analyzing 30 years of data detailing a large rabies virus outbreak among North American raccoons, researchers at Emory University have revealed how initial demographic, ecological and genetic processes simultaneously shaped ...
Remote sensing used to track humanity
Jul 06, 2006 |
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A U.S. geography professor is using satellite imagery to determine how land use and land cover changes affect human health and food security.
Hantavirus found in African wood mouse
Apr 18, 2006 |
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Scientists have reported the discovery of the first African hantavirus, a type of rodent-borne virus that can cause life-threatening infections in humans.
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