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ILRI News on epidemiology

05 Oct 2021

After 31 years, principal scientist Roger Pelle retires from ILRI

After 31 years with the International Livestock Research Institute, BecA-ILRI Hub's principal scientist and molecular parasitologist Roger Pelle is retiring. Throughout his time at ILRI, Pelle contributed research and expertise on topics like animal health, epidemiology and the control of African...

Brenda CorominaPrinceton in Africa Fellow: Assistant Writer/Editor

ILRI News

03 Nov 2020

New One Health Centre in Africa joins global efforts to prevent future pandemics

Annett Günther, the German ambassador to Kenya, and Jimmy Smith, ILRI’s director general, at the inauguration of the One Health Centre in Africa (photo credit: ILRI/Paul Karaimu). This post was developed by Ekta Patel and Geoffrey Njenga, and edited by Paul Karaimu . This year the global One Health...

ILRI clippings

10 Sep 2020

The geometry of disease: A longitudinal calf cohort study in Kenya has yielded a unique database and biorepository

Fun with Lines and Curves by Elsie C. Ellison, 1972 (binding illustration). The IDEAL project, first attempt to study the complete pathogen landscape of any species, has generated a unique dataset and biorepository for researchers of infectious diseases of cattle in East Africa. ‘The Infectious...

Susan MacMillanILRI Emeritus Fellow

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Publications on epidemiology

Report

Published2021

Ateliers de formation sur l’Analyse qualitative et cartographique des risques (AQCR) pour l’optimisation de la surveillance et contrôle de la Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) au Sénégal, Mali et Burkina Faso Epidémiologie et contrôle de la peste des petits ruminants (ECo-PPR)

Presentation

Published2021

African swine fever epidemiology and control in smallholder pig systems: The value of One Health

Journal Article

Published2021

Apparent density, trypanosome infection rates and host preference of tsetse flies in the sleeping sickness endemic focus of northwestern Uganda

Journal Article

Published2021

Population genetic analysis and sub-structuring of Theileria annulata in Sudan

Journal Article

Published2021

Epidemiology of leptospirosis in Tanzania: A review of the current status, serogroup diversity and reservoirs

Journal Article

Published2021

Electronic data collection to enhance disease surveillance at the slaughterhouse in a smallholder production system

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ILRI Projects on epidemiology

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...