Personal profile
Teaching
I teach Spatial Epidemiology (PATH/GGIS 560) each fall. This course is a graduate-level course with a hands-on component with the goal of teaching students to identify the causes of health disparities across time and locations. I use real-life examples from public, animal, and environmental health.
Research Interests
My laboratory focuses on understanding the distribution and clustering of diseases at the population level.
We use spatial and conventional modeling approaches to identify infection risk factors to aid public health authorities in developing disease prevention programs.
My laboratory also conducts research studies that evaluate the epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance in commensal and pathogenic bacteria of humans and animals.
Keywords
- R Medicine
- Epidemiology
- Infectious Diseases
- Food borne Pathogens
- Antimicrobial Resistance
- Health Geography
- Spatial Epidemiology
- Salmonella
- On-farm biosecurity
- Wildlife Diseases
- One Health
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Knowledge and Attitudes of Small Animal Veterinarians on Antimicrobial Use Practices Impacting the Selection of Antimicrobial Resistance in Dogs and Cats in Illinois, United States: A Spatial Epidemiological Approach
Yudhanto, S. & Varga, C., Mar 2023, In: Antibiotics. 12, 3, 542.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Host Diversity and Potential Transmission Pathways of SARS-CoV-2 at the Human-Animal Interface
Hedman, H. D., Krawczyk, E., Helmy, Y. A., Zhang, L. & Varga, C., Feb 2021, In: Pathogens. 10, 2, p. 1-28 28 p., 180.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Spatial and space-time clustering and demographic characteristics of human nontyphoidal Salmonella infections with major serotypes in Toronto, Canada
Varga, C., John, P., Cooke, M. & Majowicz, S. E., Jul 2020, In: PloS one. 15, 7, e0235291.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Antimicrobial resistance in fecal Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica isolates: A two-year prospective study of small poultry flocks in Ontario, Canada
Varga, C., Guerin, M. T., Brash, M. L., Slavic, D., Boerlin, P. & Susta, L., Dec 21 2019, In: BMC Veterinary Research. 15, 1, 464.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluating the ability of a locally focused culling program in removing chronic wasting disease infected free-ranging white-tailed deer in Illinois, USA, 2003–2020
Varga, C., McDonald, P., Brown, W. M., Shelton, P., Roca, A. L., Novakofski, J. E. & Mateus-Pinilla, N. E., Sep 2022, In: Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 69, 5, p. 2867-2878 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Data for Influenza A virus shedding and reinfection during the post-weaning period in swine: longitudinal study of two nurseries
Storms, S. (Creator), Leonardi-Cattolica, A. (Creator), Prezioso, T. (Creator), Varga, C. (Creator), Wang, L. (Creator) & Lowe, J. F. (Creator), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Aug 17 2024
DOI: 10.13012/B2IDB-0440849_V1
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Study identifies hotspots of disease-carrying ticks in Illinois
Smith, R. L., Varga, C., Allan, B. F. & Mateus-Pinilla, N. E.
9/22/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Team finds regional, age-related trends in exposure to drug-resistant pathogen
3/19/25
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Press/Media: Research