Marcel Salathé on Mice and Prairie Dogs

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) just published an article co-authored by Marcel Salathé about the spread of plague among prairie dogs.

Marcel Salathé, who recently moved from Stanford to Pennsylvania State University, created a computer model that simulates plague dynamics in a large prairie dog town. According to the Stanford University News, this finding could have significant implications for understanding how infectious diseases spread in animals and humans.

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