An immune signaling pathway for control of Yellow Fever Virus infection
August 15, 2017Princeton researchers uncovered a critical role for a new immune signaling pathway in controlling infection by the Yellow Fever Virus (YFV).
PEI Faculty Seminar Series Video: Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Childhood Infectious Disease
November 17, 2015 ・ Igor Heifetz“Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Childhood Infectious Disease: Predictability and the Impact of Vaccination” by Bryan Grenfell, Kathryn Briger and Sarah Fenton Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School. Violent epidemics of childhood infections such as measles…
United Nations to Address Antimicrobial Resistance
August 31, 2016 ・ Melissa Policicchio for the Princeton Environmental InstitutePEI interviews PEI senior research scholar Ramanan Laxminarayan about antimicrobial resistance.
UN High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobials—What Do We Need?
July 18, 2016 ・ Ramanan LaxminarayanLaxminarayan comments that sustainable access to effective antimicrobials is a prerequisite for achieving several United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Q&A: Fighting the Zika Virus
February 8, 2016 ・ Rose HuberPresident Barack Obama is urging Congress to provide $1.8 billion in emergency funding to combat Zika virus, a mosquito-borne illness that has spread into more than 20 countries across Latin America since May 2015.
Dolphin-Disease Outbreak Shows How to Account for the Unknown When Tracking Epidemics
December 4, 2015 ・ Morgan Kelly, Office of CommunicationsStopping the outbreak of a disease hinges on a wealth of data such as what makes a suitable host and how a pathogen spreads. But gathering these data can be difficult for diseases in remote areas of the world, or…
Ebola Outbreak of 2014 May Have Laid Tracks for Deadly Measles Epidemic in Africa
March 13, 2015 ・ Morgan Kelly, Office of CommunicationsThe Ebola outbreak that has swept West Africa since 2014 may have cleared the way for a more familiar killer that could claim thousands of more lives — measles.
