A Global Expert Helps Us Understand the Hantavirus Outbreak: Dr. Jamie Childs, Senior Research Scientist in Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at Yale School of Public Health

About this episode

Dr. Jamie Childs discusses the hantavirus outbreak and its implications.

On this timely episode of Raise the Line from Elsevier, we’re tapping the expertise of a leading global authority on hantavirus, Dr. Jamie Childs of Yale University, to provide you with the scientific understanding and historical context of the infections that originated on a Dutch cruise ship in April, and what level of threat the situation poses.

People in this episode

Host: Osmosis from Elsevier

Guest: Dr. Jamie Childs

Topics covered

• hantavirus
• epidemiology
• public health
• infectious diseases
• global health

Keywords

• hantavirus
• epidemiology
• Yale University
• public health
• infectious diseases
• Dutch cruise ship
• global health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Yale School of Public Health

Places: Dutch

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