Tags: zoonotic diseases

ILRI News on zoonotic diseases

12 Nov 2019

Behaviour change interventions key to preventing and reducing pork-borne illnesses in northern Vietnam

New research shows that incidences of pork-borne parasitic diseases in northern Vietnam may be lower than previously thought but behaviour change is needed to strengthen pork safety and reduce incidences of pork-borne illnesses in communities. A survey in late 2018 by an International Livestock...

ILRI News

11 Nov 2019

Ekta Patel

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...

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Publications on zoonotic diseases

Blog Post

Published2019

Insights from Kenya: why anthrax outbreaks recur in the same areas

Journal Article

Published2019

Positive association between Brucella spp. seroprevalences in livestock and humans from a cross-sectional study in Garissa and Tana River Counties, Kenya

Journal Article

Published2019

Brucellosis in India: results of a collaborative workshop to define One Health priorities

Presentation

Published2019

Food safety and antimicrobial resistance research: A One Health perspective

Poster

Published2019

Mapping the risk of Rift Valley fever in Uganda

Journal Article

Published2019

Willingness to pay for a Rift Valley fever (RVF) vaccine among Kenyan cattle producers

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ILRI Projects on zoonotic diseases

Jan 2018Dec 2019

Safer indigenous pork and healthier ethnic minorities in Vietnam by better management of parasitic foodborne diseases

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization listed the top 10 foodborne parasites of global concern in humans, with cysticercosis (caused by Taenia solium ) ranked the highest and trichinellosis (caused by Trichinella spiralis ) seventh. Human...

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...

Sep 2019Aug 2022

Co-infection with Rift Valley fever virus, Brucella spp. and Coxiella burnetii in humans and animals in Kenya: Disease burden and ecological factors

Rift Valley fever, brucellosis and Q fever cause serious illnesses in humans and are associated with extensive socio-economic losses in livestock. These diseases are prevalent in pastoral areas of Kenya and are among the country’s top 10 priority zoonoses. In people, the diseases cause intermittent...

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