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Filtering by: Committee Member MacDonald, Megan Contributor sim Branscum, Adam Date issued sim 2018-06-04

The Association Between Extreme Climate and Diarrheal Illness in North America

Creator:

Lyon-Colbert, Amber

Abstract:

The etiology and transmission of bacterial diarrheal pathogens is complex, making evaluating the association between extreme climate and diarrheal illnesses in North America challenging. Changes in climate may impact the survival, reproduction, and distribution of pathogens that cause diarrheal illness. Evidence supports the hypothesis that reproduction, survival, and transmission ability...

Resource Type:

Dissertation