Tags: zoonotic diseases

ILRI News on zoonotic diseases

21 Jul 2021

‘Safe Food, Fair Food for Cambodia’—Future directions for scaling up the project’s interventions

For two days last month (21–22 Jun 2021), food safety experts from across Cambodia and a research project team led by the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ) gathered to discuss ways to disseminate findings and scale up interventions of a ‘ Safe Food, Fair Food (SFFF) for Cambodia...

Chi NguyenRegional Communications Officer for East and Southeast Asia

AgHealth blog

06 Jul 2021

ILRI research generates evidence for better prevention and control of zoonotic diseases

World Zoonoses Day, celebrated annually on 6 July, commemorates the day in 1885 when Louis Pasteur successfully administered the first vaccine against a zoonotic disease. It is also a day to raise public awareness of the risk of zoonotic diseases and how to effectively prevent and control them. The...

Tezira LoreCommunication Specialist

AgHealth blog

04 Jul 2021

New study explores wet markets and the risk of emerging zoonotic diseases

Emerging zoonotic diseases can spread from animals to people where there is an interface allowing pathogens to jump the species barriers. Crowded conditions, where different species intermingle, increase these interfaces. Zoonotic diseases exert a significant burden on human health and have...

Tezira LoreCommunication Specialist

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Publications on zoonotic diseases

Journal Article

Published2021

Participatory and transdisciplinary studies of Brucella infection in humans and animals in Yunnan Province, China—Lessons learned

Journal Article

Published2021

One hundred years of zoonoses research in the Horn of Africa: A scoping review

Journal Article

Published2021

Ticks and tick-borne pathogens associated with dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) in northern Kenya

Report

Published2021

Report of community conversations on animal health management

Journal Article

Published2021

Low prevalence of cysticercosis and Trichinella infection in pigs in rural Cambodia

Journal Article

Published2021

What could be the potential reasons for relatively low coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) fatality rates in Africa? The case for Ethiopia

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ILRI Projects on zoonotic diseases

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...

Jan 2019Dec 2025

Boosting Uganda’s investment in livestock development

In Uganda, around 70% of all households keep at least one kind of livestock (including poultry). Livestock production is primarily a family business, but only a fraction of the food produced is used for home consumption. Most of it is sold at local markets, which are mainly informal markets...