Tuesday, July 25, 2006 During a keynote speech at the GeoTec Event, Canadian researcher Tom Koch examined the role of mapping for analysis and suggested that humans are the primary vector for the spread of West Nile Virus. The author of Cartographies of Disease: Maps, Mapping and Medicine currently is using mapping to critique theories of West Nile Virus and understand its ecology.
(Maybe a similar mechanism in the spread of Lyme disease from sheep on Nantucket Island after the wood was cleared off.)
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Humans Emerge as a Primary Vector for West Nile Virus
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