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ILRI News on epidemiology

14 Aug 2018

Deadly African swine fever arrives in China, the world’s largest producer of pigs

Africa swine fever, which recently appeared in Shenyang City, in Liaoning Province, northeastern China, threatens the USD150-billion global pig industry. This article is written by Vish Nene , co-leader of ILRI’s animal and human health program, and Han Jianlin , a population geneticist based in...

ILRI News

12 Jul 2018

Susan MacMillan

Reducing use of antimicrobial drugs in livestock in low-income countries: Two scientists reflect on options

Graphic by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock. Delia Grace Randolph, a veterinary epidemiologist and food safety expert who co-leads the Animal and Human Health program at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), in Kenya, was interviewed recently by Wilton Park, a non-profit...

ILRI News

24 Apr 2018

Susan MacMillan

On the need for expanding sustainability frameworks and veterinary vision in developing countries

Divine bovine, painting by Karen Bezuidenhout. A new science paper argues for broadening traditional approaches to livestock sustainability and veterinary vision in developing countries. Two of the three livestock science authors—Brian Perry and Tim Robinson—have formerly worked at the...

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Publications on epidemiology

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Published2019

Coxiella seroprevalence and risk factors in large ruminants in Bihar and Assam, India

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Published2019

The sero‐epidemiology of Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) across livestock species and herding contexts in Laikipia County, Kenya

Journal Article

Published2018

Serological evidence for the circulation of ebolaviruses in pigs from Sierra Leone

Journal Article

Published2018

Molecular epidemiology of rabies virus circulating in domestic animals in India

Journal Article

Published2018

Recurrent anthrax outbreaks in humans, livestock, and wildlife in the same locality, Kenya, 2014–2017

Journal Article

Published2018

Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis: A systematic review of the distribution in southern and eastern Africa

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ILRI Projects on epidemiology

Dec 2014Jan 2019

Surveillance and early-warning systems for climate-sensitive diseases in Vietnam and Laos (Pestforecast)

A warmer, wetter world is likely to be sicker. The Mekong is a hotspot for human, animal and plant disease, and some of the most important are highly sensitive to climate and climate changes. These diseases impose enormous burdens on human health and the agricultural sector and hinder broader...

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Tags: epidemiology

ILRI News on epidemiology

Deadly African swine fever arrives in China, the world’s largest producer of pigs

Reducing use of antimicrobial drugs in livestock in low-income countries: Two scientists reflect on options

On the need for expanding sustainability frameworks and veterinary vision in developing countries

Publications on epidemiology

Coxiella seroprevalence and risk factors in large ruminants in Bihar and Assam, India

The sero‐epidemiology of Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) across livestock species and herding contexts in Laikipia County, Kenya

Serological evidence for the circulation of ebolaviruses in pigs from Sierra Leone

Molecular epidemiology of rabies virus circulating in domestic animals in India

Recurrent anthrax outbreaks in humans, livestock, and wildlife in the same locality, Kenya, 2014–2017

Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis: A systematic review of the distribution in southern and eastern Africa

ILRI Projects on epidemiology

Surveillance and early-warning systems for climate-sensitive diseases in Vietnam and Laos (Pestforecast)

A systematic review of zoonoses transmission and livestock-wildlife interactions