Browsing Research Articles (Veterinary Tropical Diseases) by Subject "Zoonoses"

Browsing Research Articles (Veterinary Tropical Diseases) by Subject "Zoonoses"

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  • African perspectives : modern complexities of emerging, re-emerging, and endemic zoonoses 
    Muzemil, Abdulazeez; Fasanmi, Olubunmi Gabriel; Fasina, Folorunso Oludayo (Edinburgh University Global Health Society, 2018-12)
    Recent events have shown that public health, animal health and national economies have been threatened, globally, by the increased occurrence of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases (ErEIDs) [1]. Specifically, ...
  • Bringing together emerging and endemic zoonoses surveillance : shared challenges and a common solution 
    Halliday, Jo E.B.; Daborn, Chris; Auty, Harriet; Mtema, Zacharia; Lembo, Tiziana; Bronsvoort, Barend Mark de Clare; Handel, Ian Graham; Knobel, Darryn Leslie; Hampson, Katie; Cleaveland, Sarah (Royal Society, 2012)
    Early detection of disease outbreaks in human and animal populations is crucial to the effective surveillance of emerging infectious diseases. However, there are marked geographical disparities in capacity for early detection ...
  • Design and descriptive epidemiology of the Infectious Diseases of East African Livestock (IDEAL) project, a longitudinal calf cohort study in western Kenya 
    Bronsvoort, Barend Mark de Clare; Thumbi, Samuel Mwangi; Poole, Elizabeth Jane; Kiara, Henry; Auguet, Olga Tosas; Handel, Ian Graham; Jennings, Amy; Conradie, Ilana; Mbole-Kariuki, Mary Ndila; Toye, Philip G.; Hanotte, Olivier; Coertzer, Jacobus A.W.; Woolhouse, Mark E.J. (BioMed Central, 2013-08-30)
    BACKGROUND: There is a widely recognised lack of baseline epidemiological data on the dynamics and impacts of infectious cattle diseases in east Africa. The Infectious Diseases of East African Livestock (IDEAL) project ...
  • Development of a Rift Valley fever real-time RT-PCR assay that can detect all three genome segments 
    Wilson, William C.; Romito, Marco; Jasperson, Dane C.; Weingartl, Hana; Binepal, Yatinder S.; Maluleke, Moabi Rachel; Wallace, David Brian; Jansen van Vuren, Petrus; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz (Elsevier, 2013-11)
    Outbreaks of Rift Valley fever in Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritania, and South Africa had devastating effects on livestock and human health. In addition, this disease is a food security issue for endemic countries. There is ...
  • Generation and characterization of monoclonal antibodies against Rift Valley fever virus nucleoprotein 
    Fafetine, Jose Manuel; Domingos, Ana; Antunes, Sandra; Esteves, Aida; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Coetzer, Jacobus A.W.; Rutten, Victor P.M.G.; Neves, L.C.B.G.D. (Luís) (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-11)
    Due to the unpredictable and explosive nature of Rift Valley fever (RVF) outbreaks, rapid and accurate diagnostic assays for low-resource settings are urgently needed. To improve existing diagnostic assays, monoclonal ...
  • Has culling been properly assessed as a valid and justified control intervention measure for zoonotic diseases? 
    Johansen, Maria Vang; Penrith, Mary-Louise (Public Library of Science, 2009-10-27)
    No abstract available.
  • The mitochondrial genomes of Ancylostoma caninum and Bunostomum phlebotomum - two hookworms of animal health and zoonotic importance 
    Jex, Aaron R.; Waeschenbach, Andrea; Hu, Min; Van Wyk, Jan Aucamp; Beveridge, Ian; Littlewood, D. Timothy J.; Gasser, Robin B. (BioMed Central, 2009-02)
    BACKGROUND: Hookworms are blood-feeding nematodes that parasitize the small intestines of many mammals, including humans and cattle. These nematodes are of major socioeconomic importance and cause disease, mainly as a ...
  • Mortality in East African shorthorn zebu cattle under one year : predictors of infectious-disease mortality 
    Thumbi, Samuel Mwangi; Bronsvoort, Barend Mark de Clare; Kiara, Henry; Toye, Philip G.; Poole, Jane; Ndila, Mary; Conradie, Ilana; Jennings, Amy; Handel, Ian Graham; Coetzer, Jacobus A.W.; Steyl, Johan Christian Abraham; Hanotte, Olivier (BioMed Central, 2013-09-08)
    BACKGROUND: Infectious livestock diseases remain a major threat to attaining food security and are a source of economic and livelihood losses for people dependent on livestock for their livelihood. Knowledge of the ...
  • Mosquito-borne arboviruses of African origin : review of key viruses and vectors 
    Braack, L.E.O.; De Almeida, Antonio Paulo Gouveia; Cornel, Anthony J.; Swanepoel, Robert; De Jager, Christiaan (BioMed Central, 2018-01-09)
    Key aspects of 36 mosquito-borne arboviruses indigenous to Africa are summarized, including lesser or poorly-known viruses which, like Zika, may have the potential to escape current sylvatic cycling to achieve greater ...
  • Mycobacterium bovis at the animal–human interface : a problem, or not? 
    Michel, Anita Luise; Muller, Borna; Van Helden, Paul David (Elsevier, 2010-01)
    Mycobacterium bovis is a pathogen of significant importance in livestock and a wide range of wild animal species worldwide. It is also known to cause tuberculosis disease in humans, a fact which has raised renewed concerns ...
  • Neoehrlichiosis in symptomatic immunocompetent child, South Africa 
    Bamford, Colleen; Blumberg, Lucille; Bosman, Michelle; Frean, John; Hoek, Kim G.P.; Miles, Janet; Sriruttan, Charlotte; Vorster, Ilse; Oosthuizen, Marinda (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2023-02)
    We describe a case of neoehrlichiosis in an immunocompetent child with acute febrile illness in South Africa. Neoehrlichiosis was diagnosed by PCR on 16S rDNA from bone marrow aspirate. Phylogenetic analysis indicated an ...
  • One Health for neglected tropical diseases 
    Laing, Gabrielle; Natal Vigilato, Marco Antonio; Cleaveland, Sarah; Thumbi, S.M.; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen; Salahuddin, Naseem; Abdela-Ridder, Bernadette; Harrison, Wendy (Oxford University Press, 2021-02)
    The forthcoming World Health Organization road map for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) 2021–2030 recognises the complexity surrounding control and elimination of these 20 diseases of poverty. It emphasises the need for ...
  • One health profile of a community at the wildlife-domestic animal interface, Mpumalanga, South Africa 
    Berrian, Amanda M.; Van Rooyen, Jacques; Martínez-López, Beatriz; Knobel, Darryn Leslie; Simpson, Gregory J.G.; Wilkes, Michael S.; Conrad, Patricia A. (Elsevier, 2016-08)
    We used a community engagement approach to develop a One Health profile of an agropastoralist population at the interface of wildlife areas in eastern South Africa. Representatives from 262 randomly-selected households ...
  • A "One health" surveillance and control of brucellosis in developing countries : moving away from improvisation 
    Godfroid, Jacques; Al Dahouk, Sascha; Pappas, Georgios; Roth, Felix; Matope, Gift; Muma, John B.; Marcotty, Tanguy; Pfeiffer, Dirk U.; Skjerve, Eystein (Elsevier, 2013-05)
    Although a “One Health” approach has been successfully implemented for emerging infectious zoonotic diseases with pandemic potential, we still lack a conceptual framework to address enzootic diseases like brucellosis. The ...
  • Rift Valley Fever virus M and L genome segment detection : a comparison of field-deployable reverse transcription insulated isothermal PCR (RT-iiPCR) and laboratory-based multiplex reverse transcription real-time PCR 
    Trujillo, Jessie D.; Wilson, William C.; Craig, Anthony Francis; Van den Berg, Carien; Wang, Thomas; Thompson, P.N. (Peter N.); Swanepoel, Robert; Morozov, Igor; Richt, Juergen A. (American Society for Microbiology, 2024-03)
    Rift Valley Fever phlebovirus (RVFV) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic pathogen that causes major agricultural and public health problems in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It is considered a potential agro-bioterrorism agent ...
  • Risk factors for bacterial zoonotic pathogens in acutely febrile patients in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa 
    Berrian, Amanda M.; Martínez-Lopez, Beatriz; Quan, Vanessa; Conrad, Patricia A.; Van Rooyen, Jacques; Simpson, Gregory J.G.; Frean, John; Weyer, Jacqueline; Rossouw, Jennifer; Knobel, Darryn Leslie; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen (Wiley, 2019-08)
    Endemic zoonoses, such as Q fever and spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiosis, are prevalent in South Africa, yet often undiagnosed. In this study, we reviewed the demographics and animal exposure history of patients ...
  • Sero-epidemiological study of selected zoonotic and abortifacient pathogens in cattle at a wildlife-livestock interface in South Africa 
    Adesiyun, Abiodun Adewale; Knobel, Darryn Leslie; Thompson, P.N. (Peter N.); Wentzel, Jeanette Maria; Kolo, Francis Babaman; Kolo, Agatha Onyemowo; Conan, Anne; Simpson, Gregory J.G. (Mary Ann Liebert, 2020-04)
    A cross sectional sero-epidemiological study was conducted on cattle in a communal farming area adjacent to Kruger National Park at a wildlife-livestock interface in South Africa. A total of 184 cattle were screened ...
  • Tanapox, South Africa, 2022 
    Birkhead, Monica; Grayson, Wayne; Grobbelaar, Antoinette; Msimang, Veerle; Moolla, Naazneen; Mathee, Angela; Blumberg, Lucille; Marshall, Terry; Morobadi, Daniel; Popara, Mirjana; Weyer, Jacqueline (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2023-06)
    Tanapox is a rarely diagnosed zoonosis known to be endemic to equatorial Africa. All previously reported human cases were acquired within 10° north or south of the Equator, most recently 19 years ago. We describe a ...
  • Tick-borne pathogens of zoonotic and veterinary importance in Nigerian cattle 
    Lorusso, Vincenzo; Wijnveld, Michiel; Majekodunmi, Ayodele O.; Dongkum, Charles; Fajinmi, Akinyemi; Dogo, Abraham G.; Thrusfield, Michael; Mugenyi, Albert; Vaumourin, Elise; Igweh, Augustine C.; Jongejan, Frans; Welburn, Susan C.; Picozzi, Kim (BioMed Central, 2016-04-18)
    BACKGROUND : Ticks and tick-borne diseases undermine cattle fitness and productivity in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria. In this West African country, cattle are challenged by numerous tick species, ...