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Dr. Kathryn Hanley
Evolution, Ecology and Control of Arthropod-Borne Viruses |
| Dr. Kathryn Hanley
is an Assistant Professor of Biology at New Mexico State University. |
| Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) constitute one of the most
significant emerging disease challenges to global public health. The escalating pandemic of
dengue virus, the recent invasion of West Nile virus into the Americas, and the persistence
of yellow fever virus in the tropics all attest to the threat posed by arboviruses. Yet
relatively little is known about the ecological and evolutionary factors that drive arbovirus
introduction and spread. My laboratory investigates the evolution, ecology, genetics and control
of arboviruses in the genus Flavivirus, focusing on the mosquito-borne dengue virus, the causative
agent of dengue fever and of its more severe manifestation, dengue hemorrhagic fever. |
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