Zika is the fifth mosquito-borne pandemic to rage across the Americas in just the past 15 years. The reasons for these pandemics include increased human travel, increased urbanization, decreased living standards in metropolitan areas, and a de-emphasis on vector management. In this presentation, Dr. Brown will examine these pandemics and dwell in particular on Zika, discussing the pathogen itself, its vectors, the transmission cycle, and the catastrophic human costs.

Zika will not be the last of vectored epidemics; more will be coming with increasing frequency in the coming years. The solutions to stopping these outbreaks is improved vector management that, in the U.S., is almost always conducted by public health agencies. Dr. Brown will describe the model program, including surveillance methods, vector suppressional methods, outbreak intervention methods, and community participatory components for outbreak prevention.

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Part of A&S Year of South Asia

The Brains Behind the Orphan Trains



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Film screening of Race: The Power of  Illusion and a discussion with Professor Melissa Stein about scientific racism and Charles Loring Brace.