Durland Fish, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Forestry And Environmental Studies
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): MicrobiologyGlobal Health Initiative: Infectious Diseases | Environmental Influences
School of Public Health: Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases: Fish Lab | Global Health | Parasitology Program
Research Interests
Vector-borne diseases; ecology; evolution; epidemiology; prevention; climate change; borrelia; babesia; ticks; mosquitoes
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Education
- Ph.D., University of Florida, 1976
Selected Publication
- Margos G, Vollmer SA, Ogden NH, Fish D. Population genetics, taxonomy, phylogeny and evolution of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. Infect Genet Evol. 2011; 11(7):1545-63.
Articles
July/August 2010
Ixodes scapularis? There’s an app for that!
Thanks to faculty and students at the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH), users of Apple’s popular iPhone can better...
Sept/Oct 2009
Genetic footprints on the trail of Lyme disease
In post-Colonial America, settlers’ need for fuel, building materials, and tillable land led to unprecedented...
Sept/Oct 2007
Lyme disease has European roots
More than 20,000 cases of Lyme disease, a bacterial infection transmitted by deer ticks, are diagnosed each year in the...
May/June 2006
Grants and contracts awarded to Yale School of Medicine, November/December 2005
FederalRobert Alpern, NIH, General Clinical Research Center (Robert Sherwin, M.D., Director), 5 years,...
June/July 2005
Vaccinating wildlife suggests a new strategy in continuing battle against Lyme disease
In the summer of 1975, children from the rural towns near Lyme, Conn., began developing an odd type of arthritis. Yale...
Aug/Sept 2005
Grants and contracts awarded to Yale School of Medicine
FederalGeorge Aghajanian, NIH, Psychotogenic Drug Action on Chemically Defined Neurons, 4 years, $931,200Thomas...
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