Ohio State researchers from veterinary medicine, geography, anthropology, environmental sciences and public health are using statistics and computer simulations, along with field research, to understand the factors that drive the transmission and persistence of disease among humans and animals in Cameroon in Central Africa. The group, called the Disease Ecology and Computer Modeling Laboratory (DECML), is led by Rebecca Garabed, associate professor of veterinary preventive medicine. DECML, in collaboration with the National Veterinary Laboratory in Cameroon and Plum Island Animal Disease Center in New York, is looking at how movement factors into maintaining the endemic foot-and-mouth disease. The research will help the Cameroon government determine how best to distribute vaccines. Here is a link to the full story on the Discovery Themes website.