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Sensitivity and Specificity of Multiple Kato-Katz Thick Smears and a Circulating Cathodic Antigen Test for Schistosoma mansoni Diagnosis Pre- and Post-repeated-Praziquantel Treatment (2014)
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Lamberton, P. H. L., Kabatereine, N. B., Oguttu, D. W., Fenwick, A., & Webster, J. P. (2014). Sensitivity and Specificity of Multiple Kato-Katz Thick Smears and a Circulating Cathodic Antigen Test for Schistosoma mansoni Diagnosis Pre- and Post-repeated-Praziquantel Treatment. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8(9), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003139

Two Kato-Katz thick smears (Kato-Katzs) from a single stool are currently recommended for diagnosing Schistosoma mansoni infections to map areas for intervention. This ‘gold standard’ has low sensitivity at low infection intensities. The urine point-... Read More about Sensitivity and Specificity of Multiple Kato-Katz Thick Smears and a Circulating Cathodic Antigen Test for Schistosoma mansoni Diagnosis Pre- and Post-repeated-Praziquantel Treatment.

Molecular identification of novel intermediate host species of Angiostrongylus vasorum in Greater London (2014)
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Patel, Z., Gill, A. C., Fox, M. T., Hermosilla, C., Backeljau, T., Breugelmans, K., …Elson-Riggins, J. G. (2014). Molecular identification of novel intermediate host species of Angiostrongylus vasorum in Greater London. Parasitology Research, 113(12), 4363-4369. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-014-4111-6

Angiostrongylus vasorum is a parasitic nematode that can cause serious and potentially fatal disease in dogs and other canids. The aim of this study was to determine the intermediate slug species infected in nature by sampling sites in Greater London... Read More about Molecular identification of novel intermediate host species of Angiostrongylus vasorum in Greater London.

Factors Affecting Phage D29 Infection: A Tool to Investigate Different Growth States of Mycobacteria (2014)
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Swift, B. M. C., Gerrard, Z. E., Huxley, J. N., & Rees, C. E. (2014). Factors Affecting Phage D29 Infection: A Tool to Investigate Different Growth States of Mycobacteria. PLoS ONE, 9, e106690. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106690

Bacteriophages D29 and TM4 are able to infect a wide range of mycobacteria, including pathogenic and non-pathogenic species. Successful phage infection of both fast- and slow-growing mycobacteria can be rapidly detected using the phage amplification... Read More about Factors Affecting Phage D29 Infection: A Tool to Investigate Different Growth States of Mycobacteria.

A metapopulation model for highly pathogenic avian influenza: implications for compartmentalization as a control measure (2014)
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Nickbakhsh, S., Matthews, L., Reid, S. W. J., & Kao, R. R. (2014). A metapopulation model for highly pathogenic avian influenza: implications for compartmentalization as a control measure. Epidemiology and Infection, 142(9), 1813-1825. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0950268813002963

Although the compartmentalization of poultry industry components has substantial economic implications, and is therefore a concept with huge significance to poultry industries worldwide, the current requirements for compartment status are generic to... Read More about A metapopulation model for highly pathogenic avian influenza: implications for compartmentalization as a control measure.

Bovine tuberculosis in Northern Ireland: Risk factors associated with time from post-outbreak test to subsequent herd breakdown (2014)
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Doyle, L. P., Gordon, A. W., Abernethy, D. A., & Stevens, K. B. (2014). Bovine tuberculosis in Northern Ireland: Risk factors associated with time from post-outbreak test to subsequent herd breakdown. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 116(1-2), 47-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.06.010

Compulsory bovine tuberculosis testing has been implemented since 1959 in Northern Ireland. Initial rapid progress in the eradication of the disease was followed by a situation where disease levels tended to fluctuate around a low level. This study e... Read More about Bovine tuberculosis in Northern Ireland: Risk factors associated with time from post-outbreak test to subsequent herd breakdown.

Dissecting the Regulatory Microenvironment of a Large Animal Model of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: Evidence of a Negative Prognostic Impact of FOXP3+ T Cells in Canine B Cell Lymphoma (2014)
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Pinheiro, D. Y., Chang, Y. M., Bryant, H., Szladovits, B., Dalessandri, T., Davison, L. J., …Garden, O. A. (2014). Dissecting the Regulatory Microenvironment of a Large Animal Model of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: Evidence of a Negative Prognostic Impact of FOXP3+ T Cells in Canine B Cell Lymphoma. PLoS ONE, 9(8), e105027. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0105027

The cancer microenvironment plays a pivotal role in oncogenesis, containing a number of regulatory cells that attenuate the anti-neoplastic immune response. While the negative prognostic impact of regulatory T cells (Tregs) in the context of most sol... Read More about Dissecting the Regulatory Microenvironment of a Large Animal Model of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: Evidence of a Negative Prognostic Impact of FOXP3+ T Cells in Canine B Cell Lymphoma.

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

Herd-Level Risk Factors for the Seropositivity to Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and the Occurrence of Enzootic Pneumonia Among Fattening Pigs in Areas of Endemic Infection and High Pig Density (2014)
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Nathues, H., Chang, Y. M., Wieland, B., Rechter, G., Spergser, J., Rosengarten, R., …Beilage, E. G. (2014). Herd-Level Risk Factors for the Seropositivity to Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and the Occurrence of Enzootic Pneumonia Among Fattening Pigs in Areas of Endemic Infection and High Pig Density. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 61(4), 316-328. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12033

The aim of the present study was to identify potential risk factors for the occurrence of enzootic pneumonia (EP) in herds situated in a region of high pig density, where a majority of herds is endemically infected with Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. Betw... Read More about Herd-Level Risk Factors for the Seropositivity to Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and the Occurrence of Enzootic Pneumonia Among Fattening Pigs in Areas of Endemic Infection and High Pig Density.

Development and Testing of a Field Diagnostic Assay for Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus (2014)
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Baron, J., Fishbourne, E., Couacy-Hyman, E., Abubakar, M., Jones, B. A., Frost, L., …Baron, M. D. (2014). Development and Testing of a Field Diagnostic Assay for Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 61(5), 390-396. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12266

We have developed an immunochromatographic test for the diagnosis of peste des petits ruminants (PPR) under field conditions. The diagnostic assay has been tested in the laboratory and also under field conditions in Ivory Coast, Pakistan, Ethiopia an... Read More about Development and Testing of a Field Diagnostic Assay for Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus.

Association between nucleotide oligomerisation domain two(Nod2) gene polymorphisms and canine inflammatory bowel disease (2014)
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Kathrani, A., Lee, H., White, C., Catchpole, B., Murphy, A. M., German, A., …Allenspach, K. (2014). Association between nucleotide oligomerisation domain two(Nod2) gene polymorphisms and canine inflammatory bowel disease. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 161(1-2), 32-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetimm.2014.06.003

The most important genetic associations that have been implicated to play a role in the etiology of Crohn's disease (CD) in humans are single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in nucleotide oligomerisation domain 2 (NOD2). The aim of this study was to... Read More about Association between nucleotide oligomerisation domain two(Nod2) gene polymorphisms and canine inflammatory bowel disease.

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.

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.

Willingness to pay for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia vaccination in Narok South District of Kenya (2014)
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Kairu-Wanyoike, S. W., Kaitibie, S., Heffernan, C., Taylor, N. M., Gitau, G. K., Kiara, H., & McKeever, D. (2014). Willingness to pay for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia vaccination in Narok South District of Kenya. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 115(3-4), 130-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.03.028

Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is an economically important trans-boundary cattle disease which affects food security and livelihoods. A conjoint analysis–contingent valuation was carried out on 190 households in Narok South District of Ken... Read More about Willingness to pay for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia vaccination in Narok South District of Kenya.

Control of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia: knowledge, attitudes, perceptions and practices in Narok district of Kenya (2014)
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Kairu-Wanyoike, S. W., Kiara, H., Heffernan, C., Kaitibie, S., Gitau, G. K., McKeever, D., & Taylor, N. M. (2014). Control of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia: knowledge, attitudes, perceptions and practices in Narok district of Kenya. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 115(3-4), 143-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.03.029

CBPP is an important transboundary disease in sub-Saharan Africa whose control is urgent. Participatory data collection involving 52 focus group discussions in 37 village clusters and key informant interviews, a cross-sectional study involving 232 ho... Read More about Control of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia: knowledge, attitudes, perceptions and practices in Narok district of Kenya.

Substitutions near the hemagglutinin receptor-binding site determine the antigenic evolution of influenza A H3N2 viruses in U.S. swine (2014)
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Lewis, N. S., Anderson, T. K., Kitikoon, P., Skepner, E., Burke, D. F., & Vincent, A. L. (2014). Substitutions near the hemagglutinin receptor-binding site determine the antigenic evolution of influenza A H3N2 viruses in U.S. swine. Journal of Virology, 88(9), 4752-63. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.03805-13

Swine influenza A virus is an endemic and economically important pathogen in pigs, with the potential to infect other host species. The hemagglutinin (HA) protein is the primary target of protective immune responses and the major component in swine i... Read More about Substitutions near the hemagglutinin receptor-binding site determine the antigenic evolution of influenza A H3N2 viruses in U.S. swine.

The reliability of observational approaches for detecting interspecific parasite interactions: comparison with experimental results (2014)
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Fenton, A., Knowles, S. C. L., Petchey, O. L., & Pedersen, A. B. (2014). The reliability of observational approaches for detecting interspecific parasite interactions: comparison with experimental results. International Journal for Parasitology, 44(7), 437-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.03.001

Interactions among coinfecting parasites have the potential to alter host susceptibility to infection, the progression of disease and the efficacy of disease control measures. It is therefore essential to be able to accurately infer the occurrence an... Read More about The reliability of observational approaches for detecting interspecific parasite interactions: comparison with experimental results.