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ILRI News on epidemiology

21 Jun 2019

New study finds that urban wildlife may be a significant vector for antimicrobial resistant bacteria

Researchers entering sampling data (photo credit: Zoonoses and Emerging Diseases). In the cities of developing nations, where unregulated antibiotic use is common and livestock jostle with people amid often unsanitary conditions, scientists have found a potentially troubling vector for the...

ILRI News

14 Aug 2018

Susan MacMillan

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...

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Publications on epidemiology

Poster

Published2019

Mapping the risk of Rift Valley fever in Uganda

Journal Article

Published2019

Temporal and spatial distribution of anthrax outbreaks among Kenyan wildlife, 1999–2017

Journal Article

Published2019

Does urbanization make emergence of zoonosis more likely? Evidence, myths and gaps

Journal Article

Published2019

Epidemiology of antimicrobial resistant Escherichia coli carriage in sympatric humans and livestock in a rapidly urbanising city

Journal Article

Published2019

One Health in action: Operational aspects of an integrated surveillance system for zoonoses in western Kenya

Presentation

Published2019

Le projet régional d’appui au pastoralisme au Sahel (PRAPS): Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritanie, Niger, Sénégal et Tchad

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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...