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Prof. Dobson provided quantitative estimates of levels of pathogen diversity in natural communities, illustrating the relative insignificance of ‘discovering’ new viruses, and described the factors that determine successful emergence and subsequent evolution in a well-studied avian pathogen. He concluded with an analysis of the current and future dynamics of Zika virus and its response to potential control methods.
Co-sponsored by the University of Minnesota’s Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences, Center for Infectious Disease Research & Prevention (CIDRAP), the Institute on the Environment (IonE), and the Food Protection and Defense Institute.
Commentator:
Jessica Hellmann, PhD
Director, Institute on the Environment
Russell M. and Elizabeth M. Bennett Chair in Excellence, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
University of Minnesota
Moderator:
Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH
Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP)
Regents Professor
McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health
Distinguished Teaching Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Professor, Technological Leadership Institute
Adjunct Professor, Medical School
University of Minnesota