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Rebecca Christofferson

Rebecca Christofferson

Louisiana State University

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Dr. Rebecca Christofferson is an Assistant Professor at Louisiana State University in the School of Veterinary Medicine. She completed her bachelors in Zoology (2002), her Masters in Applied Statistics (2005), and her doctoral degree (2011) at Louisiana State University. In 2015, she joined the faculty at Louisiana State University, where her laboratory studies mosquito-borne arboviruses, including the impact of environmental factors in the infectious capacity of the mosquito. Visit her lab website, and learn more about Christofferson’s research.

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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 Transmission
    Part 1: Mosquito-Borne Arboviruses: How Environmental Changes Affect Disease Transmission
    Audience:
    • 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 Emergence
    Part 2: Math and Mosquitoes: Modeling to Understand Viral Processes Driving Emergence
    Audience:
    • 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 Rwanda
    Part 3: Characterizing Understudied Arboviruses: The Case of Orthobunyaviruses in Rwanda
    Audience:
    • Student
    • Researcher
    • Educators
    • Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 00:23:50

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