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Durland Fish

 

Microbiology

Professor of Epidemiology & Public Health

Senior Research Scientist, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

Research Interests

Professor Fish’s area of research interest is the ecology of vector-borne pathogens. Recent emphasis has been on tick-borne pathogens causing Lyme disease and human ehrlichiosis, and on mosquito-borne West Nile virus. Current projects include experimental manipulation of natural transmission cycles, vaccination of wildlife reservoirs against vectors and vector-borne pathogens, interactions among multiple pathogens in vectors and hosts, vector competence for viral and bacterial pathogens, and pathogen population genetics. Spatial analysis of pathogen prevalence using satellite imagery and geographic information systems forms the basis for applied studies in landscape epidemiology. His laboratory maintains colonies of ticks and mosquitoes for experimental studies, and a network of field sites is available for ecological studies. Prof. Fish is Director of the Yale Center for EcoEpidemiology, an interdisciplinary center that seeks to integrate environmental science and ecology with medical epidemiology.

Links

• Fish Homepage

Recent Publications

• Kurtenbach, K., Hanincova, K., Tsao, J.I., Margos, G., Fish, D., and Ogden, N. (2006). Fundamental processes in the evolutionary ecology of Lyme borreliosis. Nature Rev. Microbiol. 4:660-669.
• Hanincová, K., Kurtenbach, K., Diuk-Wasser, M.A., Brei, B., and Fish, D. (2006). Epidemic spread of Lyme borreliosis, northeastern United States. Emerging Infectious Dis. 12:604-611.

Contact

E-mail
durland.fish@yale.edu