Infectious Diseases

Jerne Shapiro discusses the diseases that surge as students from kindergarten to college flood hallways, lecture rooms and cafeterias.

Dr. Derek Cummings and Dr. Matt Hitchings will develop data sharing platforms and models of scenarios related to viruses spread by biting insects.

After a surge in summer travel, COVID numbers are on the rise just as Florida schools resume classes. COVID-19 case rates are higher than they were last year. In Florida, hospitalizations are up, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention forecast that number will double in September. But as…

A new University of Florida College of Medicine study reinforces the influence of the news media during a health emergency, showing older adults who spent more time following the news every day were more likely to adhere to recommended COVID-19 safety precautions early in the pandemic. This also occurred in older…

A clinical trial is underway to determine if mosquitoes that harbor an infection-blocking bacteria can help break the transmission cycle of certain viral diseases to people.

Dr. Liz Wood, PhD, recently published an article titled “Household decision-making around food in rural Tajikistan: a cross-sectional study to help extension workers in the field” in Food & Nutrition Research. Dr. Wood co-wrote the article with Katharine McNamara, a PhD student in the Department of Environmental and Global Health,…

Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1, responsible for epidemic cholera, was accidentally introduced in Haiti in October, 2010. Since its introduction, more than 700,000 cases have been reported with over 8,000 deaths. V. cholerae is ubiquitous to aquatic environments, and humans acquire the infection upon consumption of food and/or water contaminated with…