⚡️RESEARCH SHOWCASE
🌍 New #research reveals the role of #climatechange in the spread of West Nile Virus in #Europe ! 🦟 The #study , with #support from VSC, uncovers how #environmental shifts contribute to this emerging public #health threat.
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In our new study in Nature Communications led by Diana Erazo, we show that climate change is responsible for the notable increase in the area ecologically suitable for West Nile virus circulation in Europe: nature.com/articles/s4146…

Artículo de Diana Erazo en Nature Communications

🙌 'Estudio demuestra aumento notable en área ecológica de circulación del Virus del Nilo Occidental entre 1901-2019, mientras que área permanece prácticamente sin cambios en contrafactual sin cambio climático'

nature.com/articles/s4146…

Our results point towards a significant responsibility of climate change in the establishment of WNV in the south-eastern part of the continent. In particular, we identify that current West Nile virus hotspots in Europe are most likely to be attributed to climate change (9/12)

Le réchauffement climatique entraîne une nouvelle menace en Europe : le virus du Nil occidental rtbf.be/article/le-rec… Simon Dellicour

My first Ph.D. paper is finally out!

I worked and learned from an incredible team to develop a quantitative-spatial model that could identify areas needing attention for conservation and pandemic prevention.
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Average annual hours worked:

🇨🇴Colombia — 2,405
🇲🇽Mexico — 2,226
🇨🇷Costa Rica — 2,149
🇨🇱Chile — 1,962
🇰🇷South Korea — 1,901
🇮🇱Israel — 1,891
🇬🇷Greece — 1,886
🇲🇹Malta — 1,881
🇷🇺Russia — 1,874
🇨🇾Cyprus — 1,837
🇵🇱Poland — 1,814
🇺🇸United States — 1,810
🇭🇷Croatia — 1,810
🇷🇴Romania —

Excellent talk by Diana Erazo on climate change attribution and West Nile virus in Europe GeoVet2023 👏👏🤩🤩

[Upcoming Science Webinar]

MOOD's Science Webinars are back this Wednesday, from 3-4 PM (CEST)! Francesca Dagostin from Fondazione Edmund Mach and Jasper Van Heuverswyn from ECDC will touch upon Spatio-temporal spread and factors affecting the risk of #TBE in #Europe

🌊The occurrence of climate-related water-borne diseases has increased with very high confidence according to the latest IPCC Report.

We estimate that V. vulnificus infections may expand to every Eastern USA State under medium-to-high future emissions and warming!

Interested in #proximity data between (small) animals? We are doing a production run of our super lightweight loggers in a week or so, get in touch IoSA if you want more info! iosatracking.com #biologging #wildlifetracking #wildtech

Happy to be part of the Spatial Epidemiology Lab at #ULB , and have the opportunity to present our work at the 10th edition of the Bioengineering Research Day Faculté des Sciences