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SUMMARY:The dynamics of haemorrhagic fever in Africa - Prof Simon Frost\, 
 Department of Veterinary Medicine\, University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Fiona Roby
DESCRIPTION:There is increasing public health concern regarding viral hemo
 rrhagic fevers (VHFs)\, a diverse group of animal and human illnesses asso
 ciated with fever and haemorrhage. Using tools developed by our group\, I 
 will demonstrate how high-throughput sequencing can generate insights into
  the the timing and origin of cross-species jumps and the transmission of 
 VHFs within populations. I will consider examples of Zaire Ebolavirus in W
 est Africa\, Lassa fever in Nigeria\, and fevers of unknown origin in Ghan
 a\, as well as the dynamics of two novel\, co-circulating simian haemorrha
 gic fever viruses in naturally infected red colobus monkeys in Uganda\, an
 d the challenges that viral diversity creates in developing vaccines.
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 2\, Department of Veterinary Medicine
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