Kevin M. Bakker
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  • Home
  • Research
    • Wastewater Based Epidemiology
    • Infectious Diseases >
      • VZV #1
      • VZV #2
      • Bats
      • Digital Epidemiology
      • Mechanisms of Infectious Diseases
    • Field work in Antarctica
    • Birth Seasonality >
      • Northern Hemisphere
  • People
  • Outreach
  • Data

Why are Infectious Diseases Seasonal?

One of my broad research aims is to understand the seasonality of infectious diseases across the world. The portion of the work focused on US data was presented  at EEID (2014), ESA (2014), the ECSS (2015) and ESA (2015).  The global portion of this work is now being worked on by teams of undergraduates. I have developed a UROP program to train undergraduates in data generation, hypothesis testing, and some data visualization. See the  people page for current members and alumni.

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Right: Long term state-level population dynamics of childhood diseases (left column), a brief description of the disease (center column) and the peak epidemic timing across space (right column) for each disease.
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Below: Victoria (left) and Clare (right) presenting their findings at the annual UROP symposium in the spring of 2019. Clare examined global seasonality of influenza outbreaks from 1940-1975, while Victoria contrasted historical seasonality of malaria in SE Asia against modern dynamics.  
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Contact

Kevin Bakker
5116 School of Public Health II
1415 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Resources

Email: bakkerke (at) umich.edu
Google Scholar Profile
Research Gate Profile

Pages

Home
Research
-Wastewater Based Epidemiology
-Infectious Diseases
--Varicella Zoster Virus Co-seasonality
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Modeling VZV Vaccination Dynamics
​--Bats
--Digital Epidemiology
--Mechanisms Driving Seasonality
-Antarctic Research
-Birth Seasonality
--Interplay with Childhood Disease Dynamics
People
​Outreach
Data
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