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Rift Valley Fever (RVF) virus causes severe epidemics in livestock and humans resulting in considerable economic losses from disruption of livestock production and market chain and morbidity and mortality in humans. This study estimated the burden of RVF disease in humans using disability adjuste...


Orinde, A.B.Kimani, T.Schelling, E.Omolo, J.O.Kikuvi, G.M.Njenga, K.M.[Estimation of the Rift Valley Fever burden of disease in the 2006/2007 outbreak in Kenya]Estimation of the Rift Valley Fever burden of disease in the 2006/2007 outbreak in Kenya
Falzon, Laura C.Traoré, S.Kallo, V.Assamoi, J.-B.Bonfoh, BassirouSchelling, E.[Evaluation of the fluorescence polarization assay as a rapid on-spot test for ruminant brucellosis in Côte d'Ivoire]Evaluation of the fluorescence polarization assay as a rapid on-spot test for ruminant brucellosis in Côte d'Ivoire

Vaccination services for people and livestock often fail to achieve sufficient coverages in Africa's remote rural settings because of financial, logistic, and service delivery constraints. In Chad from 2000 through 2005, we demonstrated the feasibility of combining vaccination programs for nomadi...


Schelling, E.Bechir, M.Ahmed, M.A.Wyss, K.Randolph, Thomas F.Zinsstag, Jakob[Human and animal vaccination delivery to remote nomadic families, Chad]Human and animal vaccination delivery to remote nomadic families, Chad

The management of indigenous pigs in rural villages of Busia and Kakamega district, Western Kenya, is discussed. Data on husbandry practices, challenges and farmers knowledge on T. solium taeniosis / cysticercosis were gathered using questionnaires administered in face-to-face interviews. Pigs we...


Mutua, F.K.Dewey, C.E.Arimi, S.M.Ogara, W.O.Githigia, S.M.Levy, M.Schelling, E.[Indigenous pig management practices in rural villages of Western Kenya]Indigenous pig management practices in rural villages of Western Kenya

Conventional disciplinary research approach is losing momentum in the face of dynamic health challenges of the 21st century. There is a need for a new, suitable approach, to tackle these emerging and re-emerging human and animal diseases through integrating livestock and human health research in ...


Tibbo, MarkosSchelling, E.Grace, DeliaBishop, Richard P.Taracha, E.A.Kemp, Stephen J.Ameni, G.Dawo, F.Randolph, Thomas F.[Cross-disciplinary and participatory livestock and human health research for successful control of zoonoses in the developing world]Cross-disciplinary and participatory livestock and human health research for successful control of zoonoses in the developing world

Rift Valley fever is a viral zoonosis that primarily affects people, cattle, sheep, goats, camels, buffalos, dromedaries, antelopes and wildebeest. The two most recent RVF epidemics in Kenya occurred in 1997/1998 and in 2006/2007 with severe socio-economic consequences in multiple sectors of the ...


Kimani, T.M.Schelling, E.Ngigi, M.Randolph, Thomas F.[Economic analysis of alternate Rift Valley fever control options from a multisectoral perspective]Economic analysis of alternate Rift Valley fever control options from a multisectoral perspective

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