Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

Impact of host age on viral and bacterial communities in a waterbird population (2022)
Journal Article
Hill, S. C., François, S., Thézé, J., Smith, A., Simmonds, P., Perrins, C., …Pybus, O. (in press). Impact of host age on viral and bacterial communities in a waterbird population. ISME Journal,

Wildlife harbour pathogens that can harm human or livestock health and are the source of most emerging infectious diseases. It is rarely considered how changes in wildlife population age-structures or how age-stratified behaviours might alter the lev... Read More about Impact of host age on viral and bacterial communities in a waterbird population.

Peste des petits ruminants virus infection at the wildlife-livestock interface in the Greater Serengeti ecosystem, 2015-2019 (2021)
Journal Article
Jones, B. A., Mahapatra, M., Mdetele, D., Keyyu, J., Gakuya, F., Eblate, E., …Kock, R. (2021). Peste des petits ruminants virus infection at the wildlife-livestock interface in the Greater Serengeti ecosystem, 2015-2019. Viruses,

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a viral disease of goats and sheep that occurs in Africa, the Middle East and Asia with severe impact on livelihoods and livestock trade. Many wild artiodactyls are susceptible to PPR virus (PPRV) infection, and so... Read More about Peste des petits ruminants virus infection at the wildlife-livestock interface in the Greater Serengeti ecosystem, 2015-2019.

Molecular characterisation of protist parasites in human-habituated mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei), humans and livestock, from Bwindi impenetrable National Park, Uganda (2017)
Journal Article
Nolan, M. J., Unger, M., Yeap, Y. T., Rogers, E., Millet, I., Harman, K., …Blake, D. P. (2017). Molecular characterisation of protist parasites in human-habituated mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei), humans and livestock, from Bwindi impenetrable National Park, Uganda. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2283-5

Over 60 % of human emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, and there is growing evidence of the zooanthroponotic transmission of diseases from humans to livestock and wildlife species, with major implications for public health, economics, and cons... Read More about Molecular characterisation of protist parasites in human-habituated mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei), humans and livestock, from Bwindi impenetrable National Park, Uganda.

Regulation of bone mineral density in the grey squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis: Bioavailability of calcium oxalate, and implications for bark stripping (2017)
Journal Article
Nichols, C. P., Gregory, N. G., Goode, N., Gill, R. M. A., & Drewe, J. A. (2017). Regulation of bone mineral density in the grey squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis: Bioavailability of calcium oxalate, and implications for bark stripping. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, 102(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/jpn.12740

Policies and livestock systems driving brucellosis re-emergence in Kazakhstan (2017)
Journal Article
Beauvais, W., Coker, R., Nurtazina, G., & Guitian, J. (2017). Policies and livestock systems driving brucellosis re-emergence in Kazakhstan. EcoHealth, 14(2), 399-407. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-015-1030-7

Brucellosis is a considerable public health and economic burden in many areas of the world including sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and former USSR countries. The collapse of the USSR has been cited as a driver for re-emergence of diseases inclu... Read More about Policies and livestock systems driving brucellosis re-emergence in Kazakhstan.

Isolation and Potential for Transmission of Mycobacterium bovis at Human–livestock–wildlife Interface of the Serengeti Ecosystem, Northern Tanzania (2017)
Journal Article
Katale, B. Z., Mbugi, E. V., Siame, K. K., Keyyu, J. D., Kendall, S., Kazwala, R. R., …Matee, M. I. (2017). Isolation and Potential for Transmission of Mycobacterium bovis at Human–livestock–wildlife Interface of the Serengeti Ecosystem, Northern Tanzania. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 64(3), 815-825. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12445

Spatial analysis and identification of environmental risk factors affecting the distribution of Indoplanorbis and Lymnaea species in semi-arid and irrigated areas of Haryana, India (2016)
Journal Article
Sangwan, A. K., Jackson, B. F., De Glanville, W. A., Pfeiffer, D. U., & Stevens, K. B. (2016). Spatial analysis and identification of environmental risk factors affecting the distribution of Indoplanorbis and Lymnaea species in semi-arid and irrigated areas of Haryana, India. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parepi.2016.05.005

Nutritional characterisation of low-income households of Nairobi: socioeconomic, livestock and gender considerations and predictors of malnutrition from a cross-sectional survey (2016)
Journal Article
Dominguez-Salas, P., Alarcon, P., Häsler, B., Doohoo, I. R., Colverson, K., Kimani-Murage, E. W., …Grace, D. (2016). Nutritional characterisation of low-income households of Nairobi: socioeconomic, livestock and gender considerations and predictors of malnutrition from a cross-sectional survey. BMC Nutrition, 2(47), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-016-0086-2

Investigating poultry trade patterns to guide avian influenza surveillance and control: a case study in Vietnam (2016)
Journal Article
Fournié, G., Tripodi, A., Nguyen, T. T. T., Nguyen, V. T., Tran, T. T., Bisson, A., …Newman, S. H. (2016). Investigating poultry trade patterns to guide avian influenza surveillance and control: a case study in Vietnam. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep29463

Live bird markets are often the focus of surveillance activities monitoring avian influenza viruses (AIV) circulating in poultry. However, in order to ensure a high sensitivity of virus detection and effectiveness of management actions, poultry manag... Read More about Investigating poultry trade patterns to guide avian influenza surveillance and control: a case study in Vietnam.

Exploring pig trade patterns to inform the design of risk-based disease surveillance and control strategies (2016)
Journal Article
Guinat, C., Relun, A., Wall, B. A., Morris, A., Dixon, L., & Pfeiffer, D. U. (2016). Exploring pig trade patterns to inform the design of risk-based disease surveillance and control strategies. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep28429

An understanding of the patterns of animal contact networks provides essential information for the design of risk-based animal disease surveillance and control strategies. This study characterises pig movements throughout England and Wales between 20... Read More about Exploring pig trade patterns to inform the design of risk-based disease surveillance and control strategies.

Taking forward a 'One Health' approach for turning the tide against the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus and other zoonotic pathogens with epidemic potential (2016)
Journal Article
Zumla, A., Dar, O., Kock, R. A., Muturi, M., Ntoumi, F., Kaleebu, P., …Petersen, E. (2016). Taking forward a 'One Health' approach for turning the tide against the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus and other zoonotic pathogens with epidemic potential. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 47, 5-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2016.06.012

Incentive Perception in Livestock Disease Control (2016)
Journal Article
Gilbert, W. H., & Rushton, J. (2016). Incentive Perception in Livestock Disease Control. Journal of Agricultural Economics, https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-9552.12168

The economic incentives facing people making decisions about infectious disease control have been given due theoretical consideration in the literature, based on principles of economic rationality. Such deductive models provide important tools for ge... Read More about Incentive Perception in Livestock Disease Control.