Tags: disease control

ILRI News on disease control

27 Feb 2020

Viral flash points? Poor urban settlements are highly vulnerable to the risk of the new coronavirus

Scene in Nairobi’s low-income Kibera settlement (photo credit: David Orgel/Flickr). A new guest blog article published yesterday (27 Feb 2020) on the website of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) argues that: Weak infrastructure would leave urban settlements in low-...

ILRI Asia blog

03 Feb 2020

Chi Nguyen

Training on the economics of animal health to improve management of disease threats in India

More than 20 researchers from various institutes of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) have been trained on animal disease economics and frameworks for risk analysis and risk management to improve veterinary disease prevention and control in India. In India, 35% of the losses in...

ILRI clippings

20 Jan 2020

Susan MacMillan

What changes in temperature mean for Africa’s tsetse fly

Tsetse flies can pass on African sleeping sickness (photo credit: Shutterstock). Elisha Bayode Are , South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling & Analysis (SACEMA) and John Hargrove , South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling & Analysis (SACEMA) In a world of changing...

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Publications on disease control

Journal Article

Published2019

Molecular detection and typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from cattle, animal handlers, and their environment from Karnataka, Southern Province of India

Journal Article

Published2019

Dissemination and characterisation of Escherichia coli producing extended-spectrum β-lactamases, AmpC β-lactamases and metallo-β-lactamases from livestock and poultry in Northeast India: A molecular surveillance approach

Journal Article

Published2020

Development and application of KASP assays for rapid screening of 8 genetic defects in Holstein cattle

Presentation

Published2019

Assessing the performance of diagnostic tests

Journal Article

Published2019

Field validation of clinical and laboratory diagnosis of wildebeest associated malignant catarrhal fever in cattle

Presentation

Published2019

Antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial use initiatives in agricultural food system in Vietnam

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ILRI Projects on disease control

Jan 2018Dec 2019

Safer indigenous pork and healthier ethnic minorities in Vietnam by better management of parasitic foodborne diseases

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization listed the top 10 foodborne parasites of global concern in humans, with cysticercosis (caused by Taenia solium ) ranked the highest and trichinellosis (caused by Trichinella spiralis ) seventh. Human...

Jun 2017May 2020

Identifying anthrax hotspots and associated ecological factors in Kenya

In Kenya and sub-Saharan Africa, outbreaks of anthrax occur in certain ecological regions, primarily triggered by weather extremes. Outbreaks of this neglected disease result in significant morbidity and mortality in humans, livestock and wildlife. The overall goal of this project is to identify...

Jun 2019May 2022

Epidemiology and control of peste des petits ruminants in East and West Africa

The global strategy for the control and eradication of peste des petits ruminants has been endorsed by more than 200 countries with the vision of a world free of the disease by 2030. This project supports ongoing global control and eradication efforts led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of...

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