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X-WR-CALNAME:Courtney Murdock | Estimating Vector-borne Disease Transmissio
 n in a Human-modified World
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DESCRIPTION:Climate change will alter the distribution and intensity of tra
 nsmission of vector-borne diseases\, potentially increasing the probabilit
 y of disease emergence and threatening the fragile gains current control p
 rograms have made in combatting these diseases. Approximately 400\,000 dea
 ths occurred due to malaria in 2018 alone\, despite intense effort to cont
 rol transmission over the past two decades. Additionally\, currently half 
 of the world's population is at risk for contracting mosquito-transmitted 
 viruses\, with 390 million dengue infections per year. Further\, many dise
 ases that have recently emerged or are re-emerging globally are mosquito-b
 orne. It has been well established that temperature has non-linear effects
  on vector-borne disease transmission. Thus\, the effects of climate chang
 e on disease transmission will likely differ across regions. This seminar 
 will explore the mechanisms that generate complex effects of temperature o
 n mosquito-borne disease in the malaria and arbovirus systems and will dis
 cuss implications for transmission of these diseases in a changing climate
 .\n\nCourtney Murdock (Entomology\, Cornell University) will present in th
 e\n2021 Perspectives on the Climate Change Challenge Seminar Series:\n\nMo
 st Mondays\, Spring Semester 2021\, 2:45-4:00pmAvailable as a Zoom Webinar
 \n This university-wide seminar series is open to the public\, and provide
 s important views on the critical issue of climate change\, drawing from m
 any perspectives and disciplines. Experts from Cornell University and beyo
 nd present an overview of the science of climate change and climate change
  models\, the implications for agriculture\, ecosystems\, and food systems
 \, and provide important economic\, ethical\, and policy insights on the i
 ssue. The seminar is being organized and sponsored by the Department of Bi
 ological and Environmental Engineering and the Cornell Atkinson Center for
  Sustainability.
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SUMMARY:Courtney Murdock | Estimating Vector-borne Disease Transmission in 
 a Human-modified World
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.cornell.edu/event/courtney_murdock_estimating_
 vector-borne_disease_transmission_in_a_human-modified_world
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