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Peter Daszak: exploring disease pathways.(Conversations)(Consortium for Conservation Medicine )(Interview)

Publication: E
Publication Date: 01-NOV-04
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Peter Daszak is the executive director of the Consortium for Conservation Medicine (CCM), but he's also a working scientist. His credits include identifying the first case of a disease causing the extinction of a species, discovering the connection between an amphibian-based fungal disease of...

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...and the disappearance frogs globally, and demonstrating the link between global trade and disease incidence in a process called "pathogen pollution."

A native of Britain, Daszak earned a Ph.D. in the parasites of poultry, "then got really interested in the effects of parasites on endangered species in conservation programs in zoos and in the wild. At first it was very difficult to find funding for that kind of work, but it has gotten better and better."

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