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| Project Leader: | Zak Derouen Zakderouen@gmail.com Ecosystem Science and Management |
| Faculty Mentor: | Dr. Hsiao-Hsuan Rose Wang, Ph.D. |
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Meeting Times:
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TBD |
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Team Size:
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4 (Team Full) |
| Open Spots: | 0 |
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Special Opportunities:
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Participants will have the opportunity to learn quantitative and computational skills through hands-on experience collecting, organizing, analyzing and interpreting data. Significant scientific contribution to a successful project will result in conference presentations and/or co-authorship of peer-reviewed scientific papers.
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Team Needs:
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We are particularly interested in undergraduates who are interested in quantitative biogeography, ecology, and epidemiology.
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Description:
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Human ehrlichioses are potentially fatal tick-borne infections caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium of the Ehrlichia genus, including Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia ewingii. We aim to summarize the the passive surveillance of E. chaffeensis and E. ewingii infections in the United States with onset dates during 2008–2016. We then will investigate the spatio-temporal patterns and hostspot detection of the cases based on spatial statistical analyses.
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