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SUMMARY:Ecology\, Cross-Species Emergence and Control of Vampire Bat Rabie
 s - Dr Daniel Streicker\, Institute of Biodiversity\, Animal Health and Co
 mparative Medicine &amp\; MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Resea
 rch
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CONTACT:Fiona Roby
DESCRIPTION:Endemic and newly emerging pathogens of wildlife threaten biod
 iversity\, human health and socio-economic growth. Efforts to control such
  pathogens often rely on interventions such as vaccination or culling\, wh
 ich are perceived to offer the possibility of pathogen elimination\, there
 by providing a cost-efficient alternative to mass vaccination of humans or
  domestic animals. Yet\, interventions in reservoir are notoriously challe
 nging and controversial due to our limited understanding of pathogen persi
 stence in complex wildlife systems. In Latin America\, vampire bat–trans
 mitted rabies virus represents a key example of how such uncertainty can i
 mpede efforts to prevent cross-species transmission. Despite decades of ba
 t culling programmes\, agricultural and human health losses remain surpris
 ingly high. I will discuss results from longitudinal mark-recapture studie
 s of vampire bats in Peru\, host and virus phylogenetic inference and math
 ematical models that have begun to identify how understanding mechanisms o
 f viral persistence can inform efforts at disease prevention and control.
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 2
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