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Attitudes and Beliefs of Pig Farmers and Wild Boar Hunters Towards Reporting of African Swine Fever in Bulgaria, Germany and the Western Part of the Russian Federation (2014)
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Vergne, T., Guinat, C., Petkova, P., Gogin, A., Kolbasov, D., Blome, S., …Pfeiffer, D. U. (2014). Attitudes and Beliefs of Pig Farmers and Wild Boar Hunters Towards Reporting of African Swine Fever in Bulgaria, Germany and the Western Part of the Russian Federation. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 63(2), E194-E204. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12254

Practice of One Health approaches: Bridges and barriers in Tanzania (2014)
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Kayunze, K. A., Kiwara, A., Lyamuya, E., Kambarage, D. M., Rushton, J., Coker, R., & Kock, R. A. (2014). Practice of One Health approaches: Bridges and barriers in Tanzania. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 81(2), https://doi.org/10.4102/ojvr.v81i2.733

The practice of one health approaches in human and animal health programmes is influenced by type and scope of bridges and barriers for partnerships. It was thus essential to evaluate the nature and scope of collaborative arrangements among human, an... Read More about Practice of One Health approaches: Bridges and barriers in Tanzania.

Foot and mouth disease in Zambia: Spatial and temporal distributions of outbreaks, assessment of clusters and implications for control (2014)
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Sinkala, Y., Simuunza, M., Muma, J. B., Pfeiffer, D. U., Kasanga, C. J., & Mweene, A. (2014). Foot and mouth disease in Zambia: Spatial and temporal distributions of outbreaks, assessment of clusters and implications for control. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 81(2), https://doi.org/10.4102/ojvr.v81i2.741

Zambia has been experiencing low livestock productivity as well as trade restrictions owing to the occurrence of foot and mouth disease (FMD), but little is known about the epidemiology of the disease in these endemic settings. The fundamental questi... Read More about Foot and mouth disease in Zambia: Spatial and temporal distributions of outbreaks, assessment of clusters and implications for control.

HIV and schistosomiasis co-infection in African children
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Bustinduy, A., King, C., Scott, J., Appleton, S., Sousa-Figueiredo, J. C., Betson, M., & Stothard, J. R. (in press). HIV and schistosomiasis co-infection in African children. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099%2814%2970001-5

HIV/AIDS and schistosomiasis both cause a substantial disease burden in sub-Saharan Africa and the two diseases often overlap in their epidemiological characteristics. Although disease-specific control interventions are continuing, potential synergie... Read More about HIV and schistosomiasis co-infection in African children.

Dynamics of African swine fever virus shedding and excretion in domestic pigs infected by intramuscular inoculation and contact transmission
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Guinat, C., Reis, A. L., Netherton, C. L., Goatley, L., Pfeiffer, D. U., & Dixon, L. (in press). Dynamics of African swine fever virus shedding and excretion in domestic pigs infected by intramuscular inoculation and contact transmission. Veterinary Research, 45(93), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13567-014-0093-8

African swine fever virus (ASFV) is a highly virulent swine pathogen that has spread across Eastern Europe since 2007 and for which there is no effective vaccine or treatment available. The dynamics of shedding and excretion is not well known for thi... Read More about Dynamics of African swine fever virus shedding and excretion in domestic pigs infected by intramuscular inoculation and contact transmission.

Associations between blood gastrin, ghrelin, leptin, pepsinogen and Ostertagia ostertagi antibody concentrations and voluntary feed intake in calves exposed to a trickle infection with O-ostertagi
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Forbes, A. B., Warren, M., Upjohn, M. M., Jackson, B. F., Jones, J., Charlier, J., & Fox, M. T. Associations between blood gastrin, ghrelin, leptin, pepsinogen and Ostertagia ostertagi antibody concentrations and voluntary feed intake in calves exposed to a trickle infection with O-ostertagi. Veterinary Parasitology, 162(3-4), 295-305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.03.010

Characteristics of commercial and traditional village poultry farming in Mali with a focus on practices influencing the risk of transmission of avian influenza and Newcastle disease
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Molia, S., Traore, I., Kamissoko, B., Diakite, A., Sidibe, M. S., Sissoko, K. D., & Pfeiffer, D. U. Characteristics of commercial and traditional village poultry farming in Mali with a focus on practices influencing the risk of transmission of avian influenza and Newcastle disease. Acta Tropica, 150, 14-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.06.015

Detection of persistent Plasmodium spp. infections in Ugandan children after artemether-lumefantrine treatment
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Betson, M., Sousa-Figueiredo, J. C., Atuhaire, A., Arinaitwe, M., Adriko, M., Mwesigwa, G., …Stothard, J. R. (in press). Detection of persistent Plasmodium spp. infections in Ugandan children after artemether-lumefantrine treatment. Parasitology, 141(14), 1880-90. https://doi.org/10.1017/S003118201400033X

During a longitudinal study investigating the dynamics of malaria in Ugandan lakeshore communities, a consistently high malaria prevalence was observed in young children despite regular treatment. To explore the short-term performance of artemether-l... Read More about Detection of persistent Plasmodium spp. infections in Ugandan children after artemether-lumefantrine treatment.