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Infectious Causation of Abnormal Host Behavior: Toxoplasma gondii and Its Potential Association With Dopey Fox Syndrome (2020)
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Milne, G., Fujimoto, C., Bean, T., Peters, H. J., Hemmington, M., Taylor, C., …Webster, J. P. (2020). Infectious Causation of Abnormal Host Behavior: Toxoplasma gondii and Its Potential Association With Dopey Fox Syndrome. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, 513536. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.513536

The apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii, the causative agent of toxoplasmosis, can infect all warm-blooded animals. T. gondii can subtly alter host behaviors—either through manipulation to enhance transmission to the feline definitive host or as... Read More about Infectious Causation of Abnormal Host Behavior: Toxoplasma gondii and Its Potential Association With Dopey Fox Syndrome.

Estimation of Rift Valley fever virus spillover to humans during the Mayotte 2018-2019 epidemic. (2020)
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Métras, R., Edmunds, J., Youssouffi, C., Dommergues, L., Fournié, G., Camacho, A., …Subiros, M. (2020). Estimation of Rift Valley fever virus spillover to humans during the Mayotte 2018-2019 epidemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,

Rift Valley fever (RVF) is an emerging, zoonotic, arboviral hemorrhagic fever threatening livestock and humans mainly in Africa. RVF is of global concern, having expanded its geographical range over the last decades. The impact of control measures on... Read More about Estimation of Rift Valley fever virus spillover to humans during the Mayotte 2018-2019 epidemic..

Estimation of Rift Valley fever virus spillover to humans during the Mayotte 2018–2019 epidemic (2020)
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Métras, R., Edmunds, J. W., Youssouffi, C., Dommergues, L., Fournié, G., Camacho, A., …Subiros, M. (2020). Estimation of Rift Valley fever virus spillover to humans during the Mayotte 2018–2019 epidemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 202004468

Rift Valley fever (RVF) is an emerging, zoonotic, arboviral hemorrhagic fever threatening livestock and humans mainly in Africa. RVF is of global concern, having expanded its geographical range over the last decades. The impact of control measures on... Read More about Estimation of Rift Valley fever virus spillover to humans during the Mayotte 2018–2019 epidemic.

Re-calculating the cost of coccidiosis in chickens (2020)
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Blake, D. P., Knox, J., Dehaeck, B., Huntington, B., Rathinam, T., Ravipati, V., …Tomley, F. M. (2020). Re-calculating the cost of coccidiosis in chickens. Veterinary Research, 51(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13567-020-00837-2

Coccidiosis, caused by Eimeria species parasites, has long been recognised as an economically significant disease of chickens. As the global chicken population continues to grow, and its contribution to food security intensifies, it is increasingly i... Read More about Re-calculating the cost of coccidiosis in chickens.

Chikungunya Outbreak in the Republic of the Congo, 2019—Epidemiological, Virological and Entomological Findings of a South-North Multidisciplinary Taskforce Investigation (2020)
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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.

High-Grade Cutaneous Mast Cell Tumour with Widespread Intrathoracic Metastasis and Neoplastic Pericardial Effusion in a Dog (2020)
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Yale, A. D., Szladovits, B., Stell, A., Fitzgerald, S. D., Priestnall, S. L., & Suarez-Bonnet, A. (2020). High-Grade Cutaneous Mast Cell Tumour with Widespread Intrathoracic Metastasis and Neoplastic Pericardial Effusion in a Dog. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 180, 29-34

An 8-year-old neutered male French Bulldog was presented with a 2-day history of intermittent vomiting, reduced appetite and recent rapid development of multiple cutaneous masses over the head and neck regions. On presentation, the patient had a mode... Read More about High-Grade Cutaneous Mast Cell Tumour with Widespread Intrathoracic Metastasis and Neoplastic Pericardial Effusion in a Dog.

Evaluation of strategies using simulation model to control a potential outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza among poultry farms in Central Luzon, Philippines. (2020)
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Salvador, R., Tanquilut, N., Macmac, R., Na Lampang, K., Chaisowwong, W., Pfeiffer, D., & Punyapornwithaya, V. (2020). Evaluation of strategies using simulation model to control a potential outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza among poultry farms in Central Luzon, Philippines. PLoS ONE, 15(9), e0238815

The Philippines confirmed its first epidemic of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) on August 11, 2017. It ended in November of 2017. Despite the successful management of the epidemic, reemergence is a continuous threat. The aim of this study wa... Read More about Evaluation of strategies using simulation model to control a potential outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza among poultry farms in Central Luzon, Philippines..

Classical Scrapie Did Not Re-occur in Goats After Cleaning and Disinfection of the Farm Premises (2020)
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Konold, T., Libbey, S., Rajanayagam, B., Fothergill, L., Spiropoulos, J., Vidaña, B., & Alarcon, P. (2020). Classical Scrapie Did Not Re-occur in Goats After Cleaning and Disinfection of the Farm Premises. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7,

After an outbreak of classical scrapie in a dairy goat herd with over 1,800 goats, all goats in the herd were culled in 2008, cleaning and disinfection of the premises was implemented, and restocking with goats took place ~4 months after depopulation... Read More about Classical Scrapie Did Not Re-occur in Goats After Cleaning and Disinfection of the Farm Premises.

Antimicrobial resistance preparedness in sub-Saharan African countries (2020)
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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.