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SUMMARY:Molecular insights into the ecology\, epidemiology and evolution o
 f bat rabies. - Dr Daniel Streicker\, Institute of Biodiversity\, Animal H
 ealth and Comparative Medicine\, University of Glasgow
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DTEND:20140227T153000Z
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CONTACT:Caroline Newnham
DESCRIPTION:Anticipating and controlling emerging and endemic zoonotic dis
 eases associated with wildlife requires understanding both the determinant
 s of pathogen persistence within host populations and the ecological and e
 volutionary factors that facilitate cross-species transmission. The multi-
 species nature of disease emergence and the paucity of long-term data in m
 ost wild animal disease systems limit the applicability of traditional epi
 demiological inference. Strategies that embrace methodologically distinct\
 , but conceptually unified datasets provide a way forward. I will present 
 a series of case studies of rabies virus in North and South American bats 
 that use longitudinal field studies\, phylogenetic inference and epidemiol
 ogical modeling to show how combined ecological and evolutionary inference
  can identify patterns in the origins and outcomes of pathogen emergence a
 nd guide interventions aimed at disease control. 
LOCATION:Part II Room\, Department of Genetics
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