In this talk, Dr. Rebecca Christofferson provides an overview of arboviruses, arthropod-borne viruses, like dengue. Arthropods, such as mosquitoes, act as vectors to transmit diseases to vertebrates, including humans. Christofferson studies arthropod-virus-vertebrate interactions and how environmental factors affect disease transmission. For example, she explains how environmental factors, like changes in temperature and drought, affect the intrinsic ability of a vector to transmit a pathogen (vector competence).
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Arbovirus Transmission: The Connection between the Vertebrate, the Virus, and the Vector
Rebecca Christofferson provides an overview of arboviruses, arthropod-borne viruses, like dengue and zika, and shares her work on characterizing understudied arboviruses like Bunyamwera, Batai, and Ngari. (Talk recorded in August 2019)
- Part 1: Mosquito-Borne Arboviruses: How Environmental Changes Affect Disease TransmissionAudience:
- Student
- Researcher
- Educators
- Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
- Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 00:23:12 - Part 2: Math and Mosquitoes: Modeling to Understand Viral Processes Driving EmergenceAudience:
- Student
- Researcher
- Educators
- Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
- Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 00:19:14 - Part 3: Characterizing Understudied Arboviruses: The Case of Orthobunyaviruses in RwandaAudience:
- Student
- Researcher
- Educators
- Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
- Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 00:23:50