Currently new human diseases are emerging at the rate of one every four months.
Around 20%of human emerging diseases are caused by antimicrobial resistant pathogens
and around 75% are zoonotic. Diseases are also emerging in livestock, companion
animals, wildlife and plants.
A systematic literatur...
Grace, Delia
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Bett, Bernard K.
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Unger, Fred
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Hung Nguyen-Viet
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[Sustainable intensification?: Implications for the emergence of diseases]
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Sustainable intensification?: Implications for the emergence of diseases
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) was created in the early 1990s,
and, like CGIAR crop centres, its major goal was increasing productivity. Animal
health was believed to cause about one-fourth of the yield gaps seen in developing
countries, but almost all research centreed on ...
Bett, Bernard K.
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[Measuring and evaluating resilience in drylands of East Africa: Managing impacts from infectious disease outbreaks]
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Measuring and evaluating resilience in drylands of East Africa: Managing impacts from infectious disease outbreaks
Niyonzima, T.
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Kienberger, S.
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Bett, Bernard K.
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Namanya, D.
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Murekatete, R.
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Bizimana, J.P.
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[Future disease risk and vulnerability maps]
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Future disease risk and vulnerability maps
This report describes a study of the principal animal health problems in central and southern parts of Turkana South District, with particular emphasis on their relative importance, factors that promote their occurrence and persistence, and the perceived impact of intervention measures applied pr...
Bett, Bernard K.
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Jost, Christine
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Mariner, Jeffrey C.
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[Participatory investigation of important animal health problems amongst the Turkana pastoralists: Relative incidence, impact on livelihoods and suggested interventions]
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Participatory investigation of important animal health problems amongst the Turkana pastoralists: Relative incidence, impact on livelihoods and suggested interventions
Introduction
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) transmission gets elevated following periods of excessive and persistent rainfall. The
average inter-epizootic period in Kenya has been estimated to be 3.6 years (range 1–7 years). It is presumed that herd
immunity plays an important role in modifying t...
Gachohi, John M.
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Bett, Bernard K.
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[Rift Valley fever: Influence of herd immunity patterns on transmission dynamics]
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Rift Valley fever: Influence of herd immunity patterns on transmission dynamics
Introduction
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) transmission gets elevated following periods of excessive and persistent rainfall. The average inter-epizootic period in Kenya has been estimated to be 3.6 years (range 1–7 years). It is presumed that herd immunity plays an important role in modifying t...
Gachohi, John M.
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Bett, Bernard K.
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[Predicted changes in herd immunity levels against Rift Valley fever virus in livestock following a natural exposure]
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Predicted changes in herd immunity levels against Rift Valley fever virus in livestock following a natural exposure
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a zoonotic vector-borne disease present in much of Africa,
and the Arabic peninsula. During outbreaks, the case fatality is high in young
ruminants and there may be abortion storms, human disease is usually mild but
some may suffer fatal hemorrhagic fever. Outbreaks in ...
Lindahl, Johanna F.
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Njeru, I.
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Karanja, J.
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Grace, Delia
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Bett, Bernard K.
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[Rift Valley fever virus seroprevalence among ruminants and humans in northeast Kenya]
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Rift Valley fever virus seroprevalence among ruminants and humans in northeast Kenya
Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is an acute mosquito-borne viral zoonosis that causes cyclical epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa, with recent incursions into the Arabian Peninsula. Outbreaks of RVF are associated with above average rainfall and flooding, in which large numbers of vectors emerge. Recent stu...
Mbotha, D.
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Bett, Bernard K.
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Kairu-Wanyoike, S.W.
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Grace, Delia
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Kihara, Absolomon
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Wainaina, M.
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Hoppenheit, A.
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Clausen, P.H.
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Lindahl, Johanna F.
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[Inter-epidemic Rift Valley fever virus seropositivity in an irrigation scheme in Bura, southeast Kenya]
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Inter-epidemic Rift Valley fever virus seropositivity in an irrigation scheme in Bura, southeast Kenya