Events / Speaker Series: Shannon LaDeau- Urban Legacies, Mosquito Ecology, and Human Exposure Risk

Speaker Series: Shannon LaDeau- Urban Legacies, Mosquito Ecology, and Human Exposure Risk

4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Whitaker Auditorium & Atrium, McKelvey School of Engineering, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899

Vector-borne disease (VBD) is a growing risk to urban communities across the globe. Rising cases of mosquito-borne viruses such as dengue, Zika and chikungunya in temperate cities highlight critical gaps in understanding of how interacting ecological and socio-economic conditions influence VBD risk in complex, seasonal landscapes. Our multidisciplinary research team explores important trends and mechanisms explaining changing mosquito-human exposure in Baltimore City, MD (USA) … read more.