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News Release 16-115
To slow spread of infectious diseases, NSF, NIH, USDA invest $16.6 million
Scientists will study disease transmission among humans, other animals and environment
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Infectious disease transmission links disease vectors, disease hosts and human habitations.
Credit: Nicolle Rager-Fuller, NSF
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EEID grantees will study interactions between white-footed mice and blacklegged, or deer, ticks.
Credit: USDA
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Disease transmission networks in bee disease is the subject of a new EEID project.
Credit: USDA
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Pathogens take wing: Diseases in migratory birds on the Palearctic-African Flyway are under study.
Credit: Wikimedia Commons
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EEID biologists will conduct research on the microbiome of a widespread grass called tall fescue.
Credit: Missouri Department of Conservation
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The disease leishmaniasis under a microscope. EEID researchers will track it in peri-urban Brazil.
Credit: NIH
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