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Humans have never been healthier, wealthier or more numerous. Yet, present success may be at the cost of future prosperity and in some places, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, poverty persists. Livestock keepers, especially pastoralists, are over-represented among the poor. Poverty has been main...


Grace, DeliaLindahl, Johanna F.Wanyoike, Francis N.Bett, Bernard K.Randolph, Thomas F.Rich, Karl M.[Poor livestock keepers: ecosystem–poverty–health interactions]Poor livestock keepers: ecosystem–poverty–health interactions

Rift Valley fever is a severe disease affecting both humans and animals. The Rift Valley fever virus can be transmitted by body fluids, and the most common way for humans to get infected is from animals. The virus is also vector-borne and can be transmitted by many species of mosquitoes. As with ...


Lindahl, Johanna F.Bett, Bernard K.Robinson, Timothy P.Grace, Delia[Rift Valley fever and the changing environment: A case study in East Africa]Rift Valley fever and the changing environment: A case study in East Africa
Robinson, Timothy P.Wint, W.Conchedda, G.Cinardi, G.Boeckel, Thomas P. vanBett, Bernard K.Gilbert, M.[The global livestock sector: Trends and health implications]The global livestock sector: Trends and health implications

Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) of humans and domestic animals are a significant component of the global burden of disease and a key driver of poverty. The transmission cycles of VBDs are often strongly mediated by the ecological requirements of the vectors, resulting in complex transmission dynamic...


Lo Iacono, G.Cunningham, A.A.Bett, Bernard K.Grace, DeliaRedding, D.W.Wood, J.L.N.[Environmental limits of Rift Valley fever revealed using ecoepidemiological mechanistic models]Environmental limits of Rift Valley fever revealed using ecoepidemiological mechanistic models

The demand for food and other ecosystem services have risen in the recent past in many parts of the world due to increasing human population. This has promoted agricultural intensification and increased extraction of natural resources particularly in the sub-Saharan Africa where people derive liv...


Bett, Bernard K.Ngwili, NicholasNthiwa, DanielAlonso, Silvia[Association between land use change and exposure to zoonotic pathogens–Evidence from selected case studies in Africa]Association between land use change and exposure to zoonotic pathogens–Evidence from selected case studies in Africa

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