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Browsing by Subject "Zoonoses"
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Brucellosis in low-income and middle-income countries.
(Curr Opin Infect Dis, 2013-10)PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Human brucellosis is a neglected, underrecognized infection of widespread geographic distribution. It causes acute febrile illness and a potentially debilitating chronic infection in humans, and livestock ... -
Characterization of Risk Factors for Inter- and Intraspecies Transmission of Respiratory Illness at Lola Ya, Democratic Republic of Congo
(2023)Zoonotic disease poses one of the greatest threats to both human and animal health in our world today. Recent pandemics such as Ebola, SARS-CoV2, and highly pathogenic Avian Influenza have shown the devastating consequences ... -
Comparing actual and perceived causes of fever among community members in a low malaria transmission setting in northern Tanzania.
(Trop Med Int Health, 2013-11)OBJECTIVE: To compare actual and perceived causes of fever in northern Tanzania. METHODS: In a standardised survey, heads of households in 30 wards in Moshi, Tanzania, were asked to identify the most common cause of fever ... -
Detection of Bartonella species in the blood of veterinarians and veterinary technicians: a newly recognized occupational hazard?
(Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis, 2014-08)BACKGROUND: Bartonella species are important emerging pathogens in human and veterinary medicine. In the context of their daily activities, veterinary professionals have frequent animal contact and arthropod exposures. Detection ... -
Ecology and economics for pandemic prevention.
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Effects of land use, habitat characteristics, and small mammal community composition on Leptospira prevalence in northeast Madagascar.
(PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2020-12-31)Human activities can increase or decrease risks of acquiring a zoonotic disease, notably by affecting the composition and abundance of hosts. This study investigated the links between land use and infectious disease risk ... -
Epidemiology of Leptospirosis in Africa: A Systematic Review of a Neglected Zoonosis and a Paradigm for 'One Health' in Africa.
(PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2015)BACKGROUND: Leptospirosis is an important but neglected bacterial zoonosis that has been largely overlooked in Africa. In this systematic review, we aimed to summarise and compare current knowledge of: (1) the geographic ... -
From Hendra to Wuhan: what has been learned in responding to emerging zoonotic viruses.
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Mixed Methods Survey of Zoonotic Disease Awareness and Practice among Animal and Human Healthcare Providers in Moshi, Tanzania.
(PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2016-03)BACKGROUND: Zoonoses are common causes of human and livestock illness in Tanzania. Previous studies have shown that brucellosis, leptospirosis, and Q fever account for a large proportion of human febrile illness in northern ... -
Primate malarias as a model for cross-species parasite transmission.
(eLife, 2022-01)Parasites regularly switch into new host species, representing a disease burden and conservation risk to the hosts. The distribution of these parasites also gives insight into characteristics of ecological networks and genetic ...
