Research Sheds New Light on Herpes Virus Transmission Among Trafficked Peruvian Primates
Cummings School professor and Ph.D. student publish their findings in CDC journal
Zoonotic Disease
How worried should you be about hantavirus?
Assistant Professor Marieke Rosenbaum is quoted about how hantaviruses spread, how to protect against the virus and ongoing research
You’re probably safe from the Hantavirus outbreak, but here’s what you absolutely must not do, experts say
Assistant Professor Marieke Rosenbaum is quoted by Fortune about the recent hantavirus outbreak onboard a cruise ship
What to Know About Nipah Virus After New Cases in India
Associate professor Felicia Nutter and School of Medicine assistant professor Jonathan Gass are quoted in HealthDay about the Nipah virus after cases have been reported in India and Bangladesh
Could tracking animals’ health help to avert the next pandemic?
Scientist Wendy Puryear is quoted in Nature about broad surveillance of migratory birds for avian influenza as part of a One Health approach to mitigate spread of the disease
What the Rise in Bird Flu Means
Professor Jonathan Runstadler spoke with Civil Eats about the spread of avian influenza across species
Stopping Nipah Before It Spreads
Following a recent outbreak in India, two Tufts University experts explain how Nipah virus moves from animals to people—and how smarter prevention can reduce future risk
How Bird Flu Became a Human Pandemic Threat
Scientist Wendy Puryear is quoted throughout a Scientific American podcast on avian influenza
State experts raise alarms about the nation’s readiness to respond to bird flu: ‘It may erupt’
Jonathan Runstadler comments on how the bird flu virus is always changing