Vector-borne diseases: effects of biodiversity?
2020-02-23
How does the diversity of viruses, mosquito species and their hosts influence the risk of disease transmission? And how do climate and other environmental factors affect their biodiversity? The new research project "DiMoC - Diversity Components in Mosquito-borne Diseases in Face of Climate Change" addresses these questions. The international project is funded for three years by the EU Biodiversa-Programme , coordinated by Prof. Dr. Carl Beierkuhnlein and Dr. Stephanie Thomas from the Department of Biogeography, BayCEER / University of Bayreuth.
At the kick-off meeting on 5/6 March in the Iwalewahaus Bayreuth the project partners - virologist Prof. Schmidt-Chanasit from the Bernhard Nocht Institute Hamburg, the entomologist Prof. Ruth Müller from the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Dr. David Roiz, expert for disease transmission by vectors from the Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement in Monpellier/France and the veterinarian Prof. Gerardo Suzan from the Universidad Mexico - met to discuss the project´s starting phase.
More information in the press release of the University of Bayreuth:
https://www.uni-bayreuth.de/en/university/press/press-releases/2020/033-Viral-Diseases/index.html
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