BREI SEMINAR: Maria Diuk-Wasser, "Socio-ecological drivers of tick-borne disease risk: Implications for prevention and control"

Lyme disease is the most commonly reported vector-borne disease in North America. It continues to spread into new regions as well as new habitats within endemic areas, such as urban greenspaces. Dr Diuk-Wasser will present ongoing research on the cascading effects of the urban/suburban environment on tick-borne diseases as coupled natural-human systems. She will discuss how emerging risk in more urbanized areas may result in a disconnect between actual and perceived exposure risk to tick-borne pathogens. Understanding socio-ecological risk determinants and risk perception is essential to guide preventative messaging and to optimize targeting of tick-borne pathogen control interventions.

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