CVMBS Researcher Uses Disease Modeling To Help Combat Global Infectious Outbreaks
When an area is struck by disease, chaos can often consume the community as they try to organize in the midst of fear and confusion. Dr. Martial Ndeffo, an assistant professor in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences (VIBS), helps local officials make sense of […]
CVMBS Researchers Develop State-Level COVID-19 Response Model
A team of researchers at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) and the Texas A&M School of Public Health (SPH) has developed a model that predicts at a state-level the non-pharmaceutical intervention needs of states to mitigate risk and contain COVID-19 as they reopen. This transmission dynamic model—which evaluates the […]
Ndeffo Discusses COVID-19 Virus With Produce Marketing Assn
In an April 14 interview with the experts, Dr. Martial Ndeffo explores the similarities and differences, in terms of epidemiology/mode of transmission, between the Ebola virus and SARS-CoV2. We also discuss how we can adapt Ebola virus learnings to stop the spread of COVID-19, especially as it relates to our industry. Lastly, we reviewed how […]
New Study Shows Civil Unrest in Democratic Republic of Congo Worsening Ebola Outbreak
Civil unrest may have worsened the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to a new study on which Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) researcher Dr. Martial Ndeffo is an author. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of […]
CVM Researcher Finds Yellow Fever Elimination Threshold Higher Than Previous Estimates
Vaccination coverage of up to 95 percent might be required to eliminate yellow fever epidemics in high-risk transmission areas in Africa, a new study from Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) researcher Dr. Martial Ndeffo has found. In other areas of West Africa and the Equatorial region of Latin America, a […]
