Michael E von Fricken,
Director & Associate Professor
Department:
Department of Environmental and Global Health
Business Phone:
(352) 273-5245
Business Email:
mvonf@ufl.edu
About Michael E von Fricken
Additional Positions:
Director
2023 – Current
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One Health Center of Excellence
Teaching Profile
Courses Taught
2013-2014
PHC3440 Global Public Health
2014
HSC3801 Clinical Observation / Health Care Volunteer Work
2024-2025
PHC6313 Environmental Health Concepts in Public Health
2024-2025
PHC7979 Advanced Research
2024-2025
PHC6940 Master of Public Health Capstone
2024
PHC6326 Environmental and One Health
2024
PHC6937 Special Topics in Public Health
2024-2025
PHC7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation
2025
PHC6947 Environmental and Global Health Capstone Experience
2025
PHC6722 Environmental and Global Health Research Methods Rotation
2025
HSC4930 Special Topics
Publications
Academic Articles
2025
Clinical Manifestations, Risk Factors, and Disease Burden of Rickettsiosis, Cambodia, 2007-2020.
Emerging infectious diseases.
31(6):1069-1080
[DOI] 10.3201/eid3106.241752.
[PMID] 40439354.
2025
Performance of quantitative point-of-care tests to measure G6PD activity: An individual participant data meta-analysis.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases.
19(3)
[DOI] 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012864.
[PMID] 40132008.
2025
The Impact of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 in the United States: A Scoping Review of Past Detections and Present Outbreaks.
Viruses.
17(3)
[DOI] 10.3390/v17030307.
[PMID] 40143238.
2024
Characterization of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus Isolates from Ixodes persulcatus Ticks Collected During 2020 in Selenge, Mongolia
Pathogens.
13(12)
[DOI] 10.3390/pathogens13121086.
[PMID] 39770346.
2024
Comparison of test performance of a conventional PCR and two field-friendly tests to detect Coxiella burnetii DNA in ticks using Bayesian latent class analysis.
Frontiers in veterinary science.
11
[DOI] 10.3389/fvets.2024.1396714.
[PMID] 38962707.
2024
Data release: targeted systematic literature search for tick and tick-borne pathogen distributions in six countries in sub-Saharan Africa from 1901 to 2020.
Parasites & vectors.
17(1)
[DOI] 10.1186/s13071-023-06086-4.
[PMID] 38389097.
2024
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding malaria transmission and prevention in an indigenous Maijuna community: a qualitative study in the Peruvian Amazon.
Malaria journal.
23(1)
[DOI] 10.1186/s12936-024-05121-8.
[PMID] 39425050.
2024
Metagenomic Nanopore Sequencing of Tickborne Pathogens, Mongolia.
Emerging infectious diseases.
30(14):105-110
[DOI] 10.3201/eid3014.240128.
[PMID] 39530915.
2024
Molecular detection of Coxiella burnetii in ticks collected from animals and the environment in Uganda.
Zoonoses and public health.
71(8):869-875
[DOI] 10.1111/zph.13168.
[PMID] 38982627.
2024
Molecular detection of Coxiella burnetii in ticks infesting wild and domestic animals in the Eastern region of Punjab, Pakistan.
Tropical animal health and production.
56(7)
[DOI] 10.1007/s11250-024-04087-8.
[PMID] 39225870.
2024
The PreQuine Platform: A novel diagnostic tool for measuring glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) activity and hemoglobin concentration.
PloS one.
19(5)
[DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0297918.
[PMID] 38728310.
2024
Tick Infestation and Molecular Detection of Tick-Borne Pathogens from Indian Long-Eared Hedgehogs (Hemiechinus collaris) in Pakistan.
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI.
14(22)
[DOI] 10.3390/ani14223185.
[PMID] 39595238.
2023
Assessing IRS performance in a gender-integrated vector control programme on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, 2010-2021.
Malaria journal.
22(1)
[DOI] 10.1186/s12936-023-04755-4.
[PMID] 37880774.
2020
Correction: Quantification of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity by spectrophotometry: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
PLoS medicine.
17(7)
[DOI] 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003311.
[PMID] 32706838.
2019
Endemicity of Yaws and Seroprevalence of Treponema pallidum Antibodies in Nonhuman Primates, Kenya.
Emerging infectious diseases.
25(11):2147-2149
[DOI] 10.3201/eid2511.190716.
[PMID] 31625860.
2019
Increased Biting Rate of Insecticide-Resistant Culex Mosquitoes and Community Adherence to IRS for Malaria Control in Urban Malabo, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.
Journal of medical entomology.
56(4):1071-1077
[DOI] 10.1093/jme/tjz025.
[PMID] 30882148.
2018
Evidence for transovarial transmission of tick-borne rickettsiae circulating in Northern Mongolia
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
12(8)
[DOI] 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006696.
[PMID] 30148847.
2017
A Tale of Two Flaviviruses: A Seroepidemiological Study of Dengue Virus and West Nile Virus Transmission in the Ouest and Sud-Est Departments of Haiti.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene.
96(1):135-140
[DOI] 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0422.
[PMID] 27879463.
2016
Sparse serological evidence of Plasmodium vivax transmission in the Ouest and Sud-Est departments of Haiti.
Acta tropica.
162:27-34
[DOI] 10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.05.011.
[PMID] 27230796.
2015
Hepatotoxicity from antituberculous therapy in the elderly: a systematic review.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland).
95(2):112-22
[DOI] 10.1016/j.tube.2014.10.006.
[PMID] 25595441.
2014
Age-specific malaria seroprevalence rates: a cross-sectional analysis of malaria transmission in the Ouest and Sud-Est departments of Haiti.
Malaria journal.
13
[DOI] 10.1186/1475-2875-13-361.
[PMID] 25218803.
2014
Detection of sickle cell hemoglobin in Haiti by genotyping and hemoglobin solubility tests.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene.
91(2):406-11
[DOI] 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0572.
[PMID] 24957539.
2014
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency A- variant in febrile patients in Haiti.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene.
91(2):412-4
[DOI] 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0053.
[PMID] 24891465.
2014
Performance of the CareStart glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) rapid diagnostic test in Gressier, Haiti.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene.
91(1):77-80
[DOI] 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0100.
[PMID] 24778197.
2014
Prevalence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency in the Ouest and Sud-Est departments of Haiti.
Acta tropica.
135:62-6
[DOI] 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.03.011.
[PMID] 24681219.
2013
High frequency of the erythroid silent Duffy antigen genotype and lack of Plasmodium vivax infections in Haiti.
Malaria journal.
12
[DOI] 10.1186/1475-2875-12-30.
[PMID] 23347639.
2013
Malaria treatment policies and drug efficacy in Haiti from 1955-2012.
Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice.
6
[DOI] 10.1186/2052-3211-6-10.
[PMID] 25848539.
Grants
Oct 2024
ACTIVE
Exploring Usage of Interim Analyses and Stopping Rules
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION
Oct 2024
ACTIVE
Providing Evidence Basis for a Best Practice Recruitment Plan
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION
Oct 2024
ACTIVE
Remote Emerging Disease Intelligence NETwork Phase IV: One Health Xenosurveillance and Pathogen Discovery Pipeline Deployment
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF NOTRE DAME
via US ARMY MED RES ACQUISITION
Oct 2024
– Oct 2024
Collaboration Agreement with Ginkgo Biosecurity, LLC
Role: Co-Project Director/Principal Investigator
Funding: GINKGO BIOSECURITY LLC
Sep 2024
ACTIVE
Determining the Threat of Detection-Resistant Malaria and Arboviruses on Hispaniola (FY 24)
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION
via UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIV OF THE HLTH SCI
Sep 2024
ACTIVE
Disease transmission along complex human-animal networks: a novel method for improving zoonotic disease modeling
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF WASHINGTON
via NATL INST OF HLTH NIAID
Jul 2024
ACTIVE
Ectoparasite and ectoparasite disease mapping in Mongolia.
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: VYSNOVA PARTNERS
via NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Oct 2023
ACTIVE
Mitigating the Risk of Vector-Borne Disease in Northern Kenya
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: SMITHSONIAN INST
via DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY
Sep 2023
– Sep 2024
University of Florida, REDINET Phase 3 Support
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: H J FOU ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MED
via US ARMY MED RES ACQUISITION
Sep 2023
– Aug 2024
Determining the Threat of Detection-Resistant Malaria and Arboviruses in Haiti
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
via US NAVY
Jul 2023
– Jul 2024
Ectoparasite and Ectoparasite-Borne Diseases Mapping in Mongolia
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: VYSNOVA PARTNERS
via NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Contact Details
Phones:
- Business:
- (352) 273-5245
Emails:
- Business:
- mvonf@ufl.edu
Addresses:
- Business Mailing:
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1225 CENTER DR
GAINESVILLE FL 32610 - Business Street:
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EMERGING PATHOGENS INSTITUTE, 2055 MOWRY ROA
GAINESVILLE FL 326110001