Duke Global Health Master's Students Investigate Zoonotic Diseases in Mongolia

Two Duke Master of Science in Global Health students talk about their field experience in Mongolia. Their goal was to detect in rodents’ blood and ticks the presence of dangerous pathogens—Borrelia (Lyme disease), Rickettsia (spotted fever), and anaplasma (blood disease seen mostly in livestock but can cause mild fever in humans)—and share lab results with local health officials and veterinarians who could take prophylactic measures, such as educating herders and their families about ways to protect themselves and their livestock.

"It’s one thing to learn something in a classroom setting,” Laura Pulscher, one of the students, said, “but another to actually apply it to your field of study in a developing nation."

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Video by Jim Rogalski, director of video productions and senior public relations specialist, Duke Health Development and Alumni Affairs.

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