The drivers of vaccine development are many and varied. They include, for example, recognition of the burden of a vaccine-targeted disease, prioritisation of the multiple problems associated with a disease, consideration of the differing socio-economic situations under which vaccines are used, th...
Thomas, L.F.
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Bellet, C.
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Rushton, Jonathan
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[Using economic and social data to improve veterinary vaccine development: Learning lessons from human vaccinology]
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Using economic and social data to improve veterinary vaccine development: Learning lessons from human vaccinology
Five different East Coast fever (ECF)-control strategies (involving ECF immunisation by the infection-and-treatment method) were tested in groups of traditionally managed Sanga cattle in the Central Province of Zambia over a period of 2.5 years. Two groups were under intensive tick control (weekl...
Minjauw, B.
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Rushton, Jonathan
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James, A.D.
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Upton, M.
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[Financial analysis of East Coast Fever control strategies in traditionally managed Sanga cattle in Central Province of Zambia]
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Financial analysis of East Coast Fever control strategies in traditionally managed Sanga cattle in Central Province of Zambia
This paper presents a policy analysis for the implementation of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) control strategies in pastoral regions of sub-Saharan Africa, where the disease is endemic. A framework for policy analysis was adapted for this review. The framework has eight principal steps...
Onono, J.O.
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Wieland, Barbara
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Suleiman, A.
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Rushton, Jonathan
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[Policy analysis for delivery of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia control technologies in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Policy analysis for delivery of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia control technologies in sub-Saharan Africa
The zoonotic helminth T. solium is one of the leading causes of acquired epilepsy in endemic countries, resulting in a high burden both in human health and social stigma of affected people (1–3). In 2012 T. solium was highlighted as a priority for control in the World Health Assembly resolution 6...
Thomas, Lian F.
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Cook, Elizabeth A.J.
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Fèvre, Eric M.
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Rushton, Jonathan
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[Control of Taenia solium: A case for public and private sector investment]
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Control of Taenia solium: A case for public and private sector investment