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ILRI News on epidemiology

14 Jan 2020

African swine fever ten years on: the lessons learned and the way forward

A pig in northwest Vietnam (photo credit: ILRI/Hanh Le). African swine fever is a highly contagious viral disease of domestic and wild pigs that has caused serious economic and production losses in Asia, where China has seen direct economic losses of an estimated USD141 billion. This transboundary...

AgHealth blog

17 Dec 2019

Tezira Lore

New study develops forecasting tools for better detection and control of dengue in Vietnam

Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne viral disease that commonly occurs in warm, tropical climates. It is characterized by high fever and flu-like symptoms that can last for up to one week. In a small proportion of cases, severe dengue may occur, leading to bleeding and low blood pressure. There is no...

ILRI News

16 Dec 2019

Ekta Patel

Animal health experts on the ‘goat plague’ known as PPR chart ways forward for better controlling a widespread disease harming the world’s small-scale sheep and goats producers

A boy feeding goats during the SLP crop residues project field trip to Ginchi in Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Bruno Gerard). Peste des petits ruminants (PPR), also known as ‘goat plague’, is a viral disease related to rinderpest of sheep as well as goats. This contagious transboundary disease hurts...

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Publications on epidemiology

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Published2020

Importance of livestock diseases identified using participatory epidemiology in the highlands of Ethiopia

Journal Article

Published2019

Status and epidemiology of maize lethal necrotic disease in northern Tanzania

Thesis

Published2019

Epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance at the livestock-human interface in an urban environment: a One Health approach

Journal Article

Published2019

Rift Valley fever virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, and African swine fever virus: Three transboundary, vector-borne, veterinary biothreats with diverse surveillance and response capacity needs

Journal Article

Published2019

Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis: A systematic review of the distribution in central and western Asia and the Caucasus

Journal Article

Published2019

Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis: A systematic review of the distribution in the Middle East and North Africa

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ILRI Projects on epidemiology

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...