Zoonotic diseases will maintain a high level of public policy attention in the coming decades. From the spectre of a global pandemic to anxieties over agricultural change, urbanization, social inequality and threats to natural ecosystems, effectively preparing and responding to endemic and emergi...
Bardosh, K.L.
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Scoones, J.C.
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Grace, Delia
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Kalema-Zikusoka, G.
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Jones, K.E.
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Balogh, K. de.
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Waltner-Toews, D.
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Bett, Bernard K.
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Welburn, S.C.
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Mumford, E.
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Dzingirai, V.
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[Engaging research with policy and action: what are the challenges of responding to zoonotic disease in Africa?]
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Engaging research with policy and action: what are the challenges of responding to zoonotic disease in Africa?
Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is an arthropod-borne viral zoonosis with a potential global threat to domestic animals and humans. Climate variability is recognized as one of the major drivers contributing RVF epidemics and epizootics that have been closely linked to cyclic occurrence of the warm phase ...
Nanyingi, M.O.
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Muchemi, G.M.
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Kiama, S.G.
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Thumbi, S.M.
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Bett, Bernard K.
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[Perspectives of predictive epidemiology and early warning systems for Rift Valley fever in Garissa, Kenya]
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Perspectives of predictive epidemiology and early warning systems for Rift Valley fever in Garissa, Kenya
This article explores the implications for human health of local interactions between disease, ecosystems and livelihoods. Five interdisciplinary case studies addressed zoonotic diseases in African settings: Rift Valley fever (RVF) in Kenya, human African trypanosomiasis in Zambia and Zimbabwe, L...
Leach, M.
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Bett, Bernard K.
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Said, M.
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Bukachi, S.
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Sang, R.
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Anderson, N.
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Machila, N.
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Kuleszo, J.
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Schaten, K.
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Dzingirai, V.
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Mangwanya, L.
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Ntiamoa-Baidu, Y.
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Lawson, E.
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Amponsah-Mensah, K.
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Moses, L.M.
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Wilkinson, A.
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Grant, D.S.
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Koninga, J.
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[Local disease–ecosystem–livelihood dynamics: reflections from comparative case studies in Africa]
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Local disease–ecosystem–livelihood dynamics: reflections from comparative case studies in Africa
Background: Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne viral zoonosis that was first isolated and characterized in 1931 in Kenya. RVF outbreaks have resulted in significant losses through human illness and deaths, high livestock abortions and deaths. This report provides an overview on epidemiol...
To capture lessons from the 2007 Rift Valley fever (RVF) outbreak, epidemiological studies were carried out in Kenya and Tanzania. Somali pastoralists proved to be adept at recognizing symptoms of RVF and risk factors such as heavy rainfall and mosquito swarms. Sandik, which means "bloody nose," ...
Jost, Christine
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Nzietchueng, S.
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Kihu, S.
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Bett, Bernard K.
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Njogu, G.
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Swai, E.S.
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Mariner, Jeffrey C.
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[Epidemiological assessment of the Rift Valley fever outbreak in Kenya and Tanzania in 2006 and 2007]
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Epidemiological assessment of the Rift Valley fever outbreak in Kenya and Tanzania in 2006 and 2007
Hung Nguyen-Viet
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Hu Suk Lee
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Phuc Pham Duc
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Khong, N.V.
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Thanh, H.M.
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Vuong, B.N.
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Huyen, N.V.
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Lindahl, Johanna F.
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Bett, Bernard K.
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Unger, Fred
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Grace, Delia
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[Surveillance and early warning systems for climate sensitive diseases in Vietnam]
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Surveillance and early warning systems for climate sensitive diseases in Vietnam
Development of irrigation schemes is usually associated with escalation of the malaria problem. Mathematical models can be used to explain the effects of irrigation on malaria transmission dynamics. This study aimed at developing and validating a one-host one-vector deterministic model made up of...
Muriuki, J.
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Kitala, P.
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Muchemi, G.
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Bett, Bernard K.
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[Modelling malaria transmission dynamics in irrigated areas of Tana River County, Kenya]
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Modelling malaria transmission dynamics in irrigated areas of Tana River County, Kenya
Bett, Bernard K.
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Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Njeru, I.
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Kifugo, S.C.
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Gachohi, John M.
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Sang, R.
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Bukachi, S.A.
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Grace, Delia
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[Evaluating the impacts of the development of irrigation schemes in arid and semi-arid areas in Kenya on ecosystems biodiversity and its capacity to regulate infectious diseases]
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Evaluating the impacts of the development of irrigation schemes in arid and semi-arid areas in Kenya on ecosystems biodiversity and its capacity to regulate infectious diseases
In controlling Rift Valley fever, public health sector optimises health benefits by considering cost-effective control options. We modelled cost-effectiveness of livestock RVF control from a public health perspective in Kenya. Analysis was limited to pastoral and agro-pastoral system high-risk ar...
Kimani, T.
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Schelling, E.
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Bett, Bernard K.
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Ngigi, M.
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Randolph, Thomas F.
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Fuhrimann, S.
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[Public health benefits from livestock Rift Valley fever control: A simulation of two epidemics in Kenya]
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Public health benefits from livestock Rift Valley fever control: A simulation of two epidemics in Kenya
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) is classified by the World Organization for Animal Health as one of the notifiable diseases. Its occurrence is associated with severe socio-economic impacts and is also zoonotic. Bangladesh HPAI epidemic data for the period between 2007 and 2013 were obtai...
Ssematimba, A.
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Okike, I.
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Ahmed, G.M.
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Yamage, M.
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Boender, G.J.
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Hagenaars, T.J.
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Bett, Bernard K.
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[Estimating the between-farm transmission rates for highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1 epidemics in Bangladesh between 2007 and 2013]
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Estimating the between-farm transmission rates for highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1 epidemics in Bangladesh between 2007 and 2013