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ILRI News on disease control

03 Jun 2020

COVID-19 gives the ‘One Health’ approach to tackling epidemics ‘global celebrity status’. Again.

David Nabarro (left, photo credit: DFID and Commonwealth Office) and Jimmy Smith (photo credit: ILRI/AlexandraDeAthayde). The article below was first published on the 4SD website: One Health: Taking a horizontal approach to tackling pandemics 2 Jun 2020. I am delighted to spotlight this piece about...

Susan MacMillanTeam Leader, Communications, Awareness and Advocacy

ILRI News

02 Jun 2020

Expanding capacity for participatory disease surveillance in Uganda

Uganda field work, Bugiri, promotional piling to assess mobility and mortality (photo credit: ILRI) This article has been written by Ekta Patel and edited by Paul Karaimu In an effort to support animal disease surveillance in Uganda, Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (VSF) Germany in collaboration with...

Ekta PatelBioscience Communications Manager

ILRI News

30 May 2020

A bridge not too far: To prevent pandemics, close the human and animal health divide

Stone relief of a man holding an ibex, 713–706 BC, from Dur Sharrukin, the Palace of Assyrian King Sargon II, at Khorsabad, in present-day northern Iraq (photo credit: Louvre Museum). Written by Lynne Peeples Nadia began coughing on March 27. The 4-year-old Malayan tiger’s keepers at the Bronx Zoo...

Susan MacMillanTeam Leader, Communications, Awareness and Advocacy

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Publications on disease control

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Published2020

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing laboratory at the CGIAR Antimicrobial Resistance Hub

Journal Article

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Impact of participatory training of smallholder pig farmers on knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding biosecurity for the control of African swine fever in Uganda

Journal Article

Published2020

Re-annotation of the Theileria parva genome refines 53% of the proteome and uncovers essential components of N-glycosylation, a conserved pathway in many organisms

Journal Article

Published2020

Theileria parasites subvert E2F signaling to stimulate leukocyte proliferation

Journal Article

Published2020

Rhipicephalus microplus cystatin as a potential cross-protective tick vaccine against Rhipicephalus appendiculatus

Journal Article

Published2020

First detection of Theileria parva in cattle from Cameroon in the absence of the main tick vector Rhipicephalus appendiculatus

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ILRI Projects on disease control

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...

Aug 2011Jul 2014

Accelerating CBPP research towards a better vaccine through application of synthetic biology

Objectives: Our long-term perspective is to apply key synthetic biology technologies to gain knowledge for vaccine development against diverse mycoplasma infections; the current project will show proof of principle. Two approaches will be pursued. 1. We propose to transfer the synthetic biology...

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May 2010Oct 2013

Enhanced control of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) in sub Saharan Africa through development of better diagnostics and vaccines

Objectives/goals To alleviate negative impacts of CBPP on pastoralist and othe livestock keepers in endemic areas of sub Saharan African countries. Expected outputs Laboratory assay that provides greater sensitivity and specificity than the existing test and that is capable of accurately estimating...