The Disease Ecology program at the U.S. Geological Survey's Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center (PIERC) focuses on how diseases and their vectors affect both wildlife and human health across Hawai‘i and other Pacific island ecosystems. It highlights the introduction of mosquito-borne avian malaria and pox virus—which have drastically impacted endemic Hawaiian birds—and models the risk of emerging human diseases like chikungunya and West Nile virus.
