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The Atlantic: Bats Could Hold the Secret to Better, Longer Human Life
In laboratory experiments, bats have been dosed with so much virus that their tissues end up chock-full—clocking some 10 million units of Ebola virus per milliliter of serum, or 10 million units of the MERS coronavirus per gram of lung——and researchers were still unable to discern serious problems with the bats’ health. Bats and their viruses have, in effect, struck “an immunological detente,” says Tony Schountz, a bat immunologist at Colorado State University.
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene: Charles H. Calisher, 2023 Walter Reed Medalist
VIDEO: Tom Monath explains why he nominated Charles Calisher for the 2023 Walter Reed Medal.
Coloradoan: CSU professor emeritus Charles Calisher receives Walter Reed Medal for work on arboviruses
Longtime Fort Collins resident Charles Calisher, an emeritus professor of microbiology at Colorado State University, was recently awarded the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s top honor, the Walter Reed Medal, for his extensive achievement in the field.
CSU, partners land $8.75M for center on vector-borne diseases like West Nile virus
West Nile virus – and other diseases that can be spread from animals and insects to people – just got a new reason to be afraid.
CSU shares in $12.5 million NSF award establishing institute for emerging virus research
The Verena Biology Integration Institute will advance a cross-disciplinary research agenda that targets significant sources of emerging infectious diseases.
9News: Backyard chickens help CSU scientists learn about virus transmission
VIDEO: Dr. Angela Bosco-Lauth is studying chicken eggs to look at transmission of West Nile virus.
Study: Potential to reduce West Nile virus transmission in humans by mixing ivermectin into bird feed
CSU's Brian Foy and Chilinh Nguyen collaborated on the research with UC Davis scientists.
CSU Professor Brian Foy: ‘No doctor should be prescribing ivermectin for COVID’
Foy said there's a lack of evidence of ivermectin’s effect against SARS-CoV-2.
Wired: The threat nobody is talking about? Covid spillback
As a veterinary microbiologist at Colorado State University, Anna Fagre is used to studying viruses in animals. But over the last six months, Fagre and scientists like her have been consumed by the opposite problem: stopping humans from passing a deadly virus on to animals.
Living with Bats: International team studies bat ecology and epidemiology in Uganda
Bats and humans depend on the caves that pockmark the Mount Elgon caldera in eastern Uganda, making it the perfect field site to study human-bat interactions and emerging viral pathogens.