Research & Analysis
GIDEON was excellent for our purposes. Because it was a review, we were not allowed to include a methods section, so we needed a one-stop source to get case and host data.
Dr. Felicia Keesing
David & Rosalie Rose Distinguished Professor of the Sciences, Mathematics, & Computing Bard College
Research spotlight
Felicia Keesing, Richard S. Ostfeld
Emerging patterns in rodent-borne zoonotic diseases
Science. 385,1305-1310(2024). DOI:10.1126/science.adq7993
Research objective
- Dr. Felicia Keesing and Dr. Ostfeld collaborated on a new research paper on emerging patterns in rodent-borne zoonotic diseases.
- Hundreds of species of rodents are confirmed zoonotic hosts. However, only 12% of species are known to be sources of pathogens that also infect people.
- This population of rodents tends to share a suite of predictable traits.
- In their research paper, Dr. Felicia Keesing and Dr. Ostfeld characterize those traits and explore them in the context of three emerging or reemerging rodent-borne zoonotic diseases in people.
About the distinguished researchers
Dr. Felicia Keesing
Dr. Felicia Keesing, the David & Rosalie Rose Distinguished Professor of Sciences, Mathematics, and Computing at Bard College, studies the ecology of infectious diseases, focusing on how ecological communities respond to biodiversity changes. She received the U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2000.
Dr. Richard Ostfeld
Dr. Richard Ostfeld, a distinguished senior scientist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, specializes in the ecology of infectious diseases, particularly Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses.
His research predicts risks by analyzing factors like tick populations, infection rates, and the effects of land use on species diversity and disease dynamics.
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