{"id":191,"date":"2022-06-14T17:13:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T21:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse-draft\/?page_id=191"},"modified":"2022-09-27T21:22:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T01:22:39","slug":"arthropod-vectors-of-human-disease","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/research\/arthropod-vectors-of-human-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Arthropod vectors of human disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"type-intro fullwidth\">The current research capacity for responding to vector-borne disease threats in Rhode Island is largely within the Department\u2019s Center for Vector-Borne Disease. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card   right\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/summer-2020\/making-the-jump\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/Vector-Story-card.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"Illustration showing various animals that transmit disease to humans\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Making the jump<\/h2><p>Thomas Mather explains explain how zoonotic diseases cross from one species to another, in a story for the University of Rhode Island Magazine.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Read the story<\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Center\u2019s research focus includes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>enhancing disease and risk surveillance<\/li><li>improving diagnostic tools and capacity;<\/li><li>elucidating vector\/microbe and vector\/host interactions for the purpose of disease prevention and control; and<\/li><li>developing, implementing, and evaluating community-based disease prevention strategies.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ticks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We focus on tick biology, ecology, and control. Specific research goals are to<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>identify factors determining human tick-borne epidemiology<\/li><li>formulate novel vaccination strategies to prevent tick-transmitted infections<\/li><li>find compounds from ticks with potential pharmacological value<\/li><li>develop biomolecular assays for tick-borne pathogens<\/li><li>discover and evaluate natural enemies of ticks (especially entomopathogenic fungi, nematodes and bacteria) as potential biological control agents<\/li><li>assess ecological effects of tick management techniques and to develop management methods that minimize negative environmental effects; and<\/li><li>gain greater understanding of tick immune mechanisms.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/tickencounter\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/TickEncounter-Card.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>TickEncounter Resource Center<\/h2><p>Our faculty enjoy international reputations in tick biology, tick-borne disease ecology, and invertebrate pathology and offer tick bite prevention education to the general public.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/meet\/thomas-mather\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"843\" height=\"1006\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/tom.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"picture of tom next to a microscope.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/tom.jpg 843w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/tom-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/tom-768x916.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/tom-364x434.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2109\/tom-500x597.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/meet\/thomas-mather\/\">Thomas Mather<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.5616<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:tmather@uri.edu\">tmather@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The current research capacity for responding to vector-borne disease threats in Rhode Island is largely within the Department\u2019s Center for Vector-Borne Disease. 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