Tags: epidemiology

ILRI News on epidemiology

11 Nov 2019

ONE HEALTH FOR AFRICA: Germany’s BMZ initiates a new ‘One Health Research, Education and Outreach Centre for Africa’

Germany’s parliamentary state secretary, Maria Flachsbarth, and ILRI’s deputy director general, Dieter Schillinger, signed a letter of intent in to formalize a One Health Research Centre for Africa (photo credit: ILRI/Paul Karaimu). Today, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and...

AgHealth blog

05 Nov 2019

Tezira Lore

New study identifies factors affecting spread of brucellosis in humans and livestock in northeastern Kenya

Brucellosis is an important zoonotic disease that affects wildlife and livestock. People may get exposed to the disease through direct contact with an infected animal or consumption of raw or undercooked animal products. In humans, the disease is characterized by prolonged fever, body aches, joint...

AgHealth blog

21 Jun 2019

Tezira Lore

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...

More news

Publications on epidemiology

Journal Article

Published2019

A comprehensive survey of the prevalence and spatial distribution of ticks infesting cattle in different agro-ecological zones of Cameroon

Journal Article

Published2019

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

Journal Article

Published2019

Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of leptospirosis in slaughter pigs: A neglected public health risk, western Kenya

Book Chapter

Published2019

Urban livestock keeping in the city of Nairobi: Diversity of production systems, supply chains, and their disease management and risks

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

more publications

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...