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Helping to heal nature and ourselves through human-rights-based and gender-responsive One Health (2020)
Journal Article
Garnier, J., Savic, S., Boriani, E., Bagnol, B., Häsler, B., & Kock, R. (2020). Helping to heal nature and ourselves through human-rights-based and gender-responsive One Health. One Health Outlook, 2(1), 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42522-020-00029-0

Abstract: The health of our planet and humanity is threatened by biodiversity loss, disease and climate crises that are unprecedented in human history, driven by our insatiable consumption and unsustainable production patterns, particularly food syst... Read More about Helping to heal nature and ourselves through human-rights-based and gender-responsive One Health.

Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries (2020)
Journal Article
Haider, N., Osman, A. Y., Gadzekpo, A., Akipede, G. O., Asogun, D., Ansumana, R., …McCoy, D. (2020). Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries. BMJ Global Health, 5(10), e003319

Lockdown measures have been introduced worldwide to contain the transmission of COVID-19. However, the term ‘lockdown’ is not well-defined. Indeed, WHO’s reference to ‘so-called lockdown measures’ indicates the absence of a clear and universally acce... Read More about Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries.

Basic Reproduction Number of Chikungunya Virus Transmitted by Aedes Mosquitoes (2020)
Journal Article
Haider, N., Vairo, F., Ippolito, G., Zumla, A., & Kock, R. (2020). Basic Reproduction Number of Chikungunya Virus Transmitted by Aedes Mosquitoes. Emerging Infectious Disease, 26(10), 2429-2431

We estimated the weighted mean basic reproduction number (R0) of chikungunya virus based on outbreak size. R0 was 3.4 (95% CI 2.4–4.2) and varied for 2 primary chi- kungunya mosquito vectors: 4.1 (95% CI 1.5–6.6) for Ae- des aegypti and 2.8 (95% CI 1... Read More about Basic Reproduction Number of Chikungunya Virus Transmitted by Aedes Mosquitoes.

Chikungunya Outbreak in the Republic of the Congo, 2019—Epidemiological, Virological and Entomological Findings of a South-North Multidisciplinary Taskforce Investigation (2020)
Journal Article
Vairo, F., Aimè Coussoud-Mavoungou, M. P., Ntoumi, F., Castilletti, C., Kitembo, L., Haider, N., …Ippolito, G. (2020). Chikungunya Outbreak in the Republic of the Congo, 2019—Epidemiological, Virological and Entomological Findings of a South-North Multidisciplinary Taskforce Investigation. Viruses, 12(9), 1020. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12091020

The Republic of Congo (RoC) declared a chikungunya (CHIK) outbreak on 9 February 2019. We conducted a ONE-Human-Animal HEALTH epidemiological, virological and entomological investigation. Methods: We collected national surveillance and epidemiologica... Read More about Chikungunya Outbreak in the Republic of the Congo, 2019—Epidemiological, Virological and Entomological Findings of a South-North Multidisciplinary Taskforce Investigation.

Antimicrobial resistance preparedness in sub-Saharan African countries (2020)
Journal Article
Elton, L., Thomason, M. J., Tembo, J., Velavan, T. P., Pallerla, S. R., Arruda, L. B., …McHugh, T. D. (2020). Antimicrobial resistance preparedness in sub-Saharan African countries. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-020-00800-y

Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is of growing concern globally and AMR status in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is undefined due to a lack of real-time data recording, surveillance and regulation. World Health Organization (WHO) Joint External E... Read More about Antimicrobial resistance preparedness in sub-Saharan African countries.

Test, test, test for COVID-19 antibodies: the importance of sensitivity, specificity and predictive powers (2020)
Journal Article
specificity and predictive powers. Public Health, Vol.185, 88-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2020.06.006

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibody tests of varying specificity and sensitivity are now available. For informing individuals whether they have had coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), they need to be very accurate.... Read More about Test, test, test for COVID-19 antibodies: the importance of sensitivity, specificity and predictive powers.

Characterisation of Peste Des Petits Ruminants Disease in Pastoralist Flocks in Ngorongoro District of Northern Tanzania and Bluetongue Virus Co-Infection (2020)
Journal Article
Jones, B. A., Mahapatra, M., Chubwa, C., Clarke, B., Batten, C., Hicks, H., …Parida, S. (2020). Characterisation of Peste Des Petits Ruminants Disease in Pastoralist Flocks in Ngorongoro District of Northern Tanzania and Bluetongue Virus Co-Infection. Viruses, 12(4), 389. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12040389

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) disease was first confirmed in Tanzania in 2008 in sheep and goats in Ngorongoro District, northern Tanzania, and is now endemic in this area. This study aimed to characterise PPR disease in pastoralist small ruminant... Read More about Characterisation of Peste Des Petits Ruminants Disease in Pastoralist Flocks in Ngorongoro District of Northern Tanzania and Bluetongue Virus Co-Infection.