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John Anderson, PhD

Clinical Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
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Clinical Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Biography

John Anderson works on the ecology of ticks and mosquitoes, and he isolates and characterizes microbial pathogens carried by ticks and mosquitoes and the animals and humans they parasitize. Emphasis is placed on microorganisms carried by ticks that cause Lyme disease and babesiosis and carried by mosquitoes that cause eastern equine encephalitis and West Nile fever in humans, horses, and birds. He is in charge of the Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory for isolation of viruses. He is responsible for the identification and testing of ticks sent into the Station by health officials.

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PhD
University of Illinois (1963)

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Frequent collaborators of John Anderson's published research.

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