Larson Lecture speaker to present 'Hunting Hantavirus in Paraguay'

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Monday, February 5, 2007

LARSON LECTURE SPEAKER TO PRESENT 'HUNTING HANTAVIRUS IN PARAGUAY'

MANHATTAN -- Douglas Goodin, professor of geography at Kansas State University, will present "Hunting the Hantavirus in Paraguay" in the first Vernon Larson International Luncheon Lecture of the spring semester.

The lecture will be Monday, Feb. 12, at the Holiday Inn, 17th Street and Anderson Avenue. A luncheon starting at 11:45 a.m. will precede the lecture. Cost for the luncheon is $10. Reservations are needed by Friday, Feb. 9, with the office of international programs at 785-532-5990. The lecture will begin at 12:20 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

Goodin will discuss his research on the hantavirus in Paraguay and South America in general. He also will talk about some of the scientific findings of his research, as well as discussing the country of Paraguay itself and how the environmental changes in the country may be contributing to emergence of new strains of the hantavirus.

The Friends of International Programs at K-State is sponsoring the lecture series. The lecture series was started in 1979 by Vernon C. Larson, then director of international agriculture programs at K-State. The series consists of six lectures, three presented during the fall semester and three presented during the spring semester, and offers the K-State and Manhattan communities a chance to hear presentations from faculty who have recently participated in extensive overseas activity or who are involved in major international activities.