My research centers on the health problems that have emerged as a consequence of rapid urbanization and social inequity. I coordinate a research program on urban slum health in Brazil and investigates infectious disease threats such as rat-borne leptospirosis, which is as a paradigm for an infectious disease that has emerged due to the interaction of climate, urban ecology and social marginalization. Since December 2016, my program and I have mobilized our efforts to investigate the Zika pandemic and epidemic of microcephaly and birth defects in Brazil.
In the Media
Dr. Albert Ko addresses why COVID-19 mutations can be worrisome
TODAY
YSPH’s Dr. Albert Ko on the best time to take a PCR test for COVID-19
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Yale’s Dr. Albert Ko says you should fear the new and emerging COVID-19 variants
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