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Siobhan Mor, DVM, PhD
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Research Assistant Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, TUSM
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Tufts University School of Medicine
136 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02111
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BVSc (DVM equiv.), PhD
University of Sydney, Australia
Tufts University
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Dr. Mor is a trained veterinarian and researcher who has broad interests in the epidemiology of tropical, emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases of global health importance. Current projects include: 1) epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis in Ugandan children; 2) HIV and influenza in older adults in the United States; and 3) surveillance and hospitalization for enteric infections in Massachusetts.
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Mor SM & Griffiths JK. Water-related diseases in the developing world. In: Encyclopedia of Environmental Health. New York: Elsevier [in press; scheduled Mar 2010.
2. Mor SM, Tumwine JK, Naumova EN, Ndeezi G, Tzipori S. Microsporidiosis and malnutrition in children with persistent diarrhea, Uganda. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009; 15(1):49-52.
3. Mor SM, DeMaria A Jr, Griffiths JK, Naumova EN. Cryptosporidiosis in the elderly population of the United States. Clin Infect Dis. 2009; 48(6):698-705.
4. Mor SM, Tzipori S. Cryptosporidiosis in children in Sub-Saharan Africa: a lingering challenge. Clin Infect Dis. 2008; 47(7):915-21.
5. Akiyoshi DE, Mor S, Tzipori S. Rapid displacement of Cryptosporidium parvum type 1 by type 2 in mixed infections in piglets. Infect Immun. 2003; 71(10):5765-71. |
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