As the goat plague is a trans-boundary disease, there’s concern that it will spill over into neighbouring countries such as Rwanda and Burundi.
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Functional early warning systems help countries respond to a disease before it spreads.
Africa’s cities are melting pots of activity and interaction. There are fears that the continent’s next major modern disease crisis will emerge from them.
A woman developed sepsis after she was licked by her pet greyhound.
Plague, one of the deadliest diseases in the world, has been reported in several African countries in the past decade.
As much as animals may pass on viruses to humans, humans pass on viruses which are sometimes lethal to the animal world as well.
There is a high prevalence of the MERS virus in African camels. More research is key to understanding the virus better globally.
Along with better strategies to respond to outbreaks in human populations, we need a stronger focus on surveillance in animals to identify infectious diseases before they pose a risk to human health.
Our world is becoming increasingly urbanised. In 1950, just 30% of the world’s population lived in urban areas. This number is now over 50% and rising. By 2050, two-thirds of the world’s population are…
In an era flush with vaccines and antibiotics, when the greatest health risks in the developed world ride on the back of fried fish and hamburgers, it is easy to forget that infectious diseases still account…
Bats are the natural host species for Ebola and a variety of viruses, many of which can be fatal when transmitted to humans. More than 100 viruses have been identified in bats and this number is rising…
A government investigation into whether Lyme disease exists in Australia and how to treat it has ended without being able to resolve the issues. But there is a plausible explanation for why people here…
Pictures of masked and gowned healthcare workers have become recurrent images as the Ebola virus continues to spread in West Africa. It is the largest Ebola virus outbreak ever recorded, and the death…
The island of Bali has pledged to be free of the rabies by 2020 and has begun culling stray dogs in an effort to control the virus. Rabies was first detected in Bali in November 2008 and has since claimed…
Poisoning by E. coli is too familiar. As far as food-poisonings go, it’s one of the most serious and is frequently fatal in children and the elderly. Infection can also lead to lifelong kidney damage and…
What do the pilot badger culls due to start this weekend in Gloucester and West Somerset hope to achieve? The official line is a 16% reduction of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle herds over the next…
The recent tragic death of a young boy from Australian bat lyssavirus (ABL) produced a predictable chorus of calls to disperse flying fox colonies and kill flying foxes, all in the name of public health…
It’s ten years since SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) upset our complacency about infectious diseases and now we are faced by another “new” disease. H7N9 bird flu is currently spreading through…
The last 30 years have seen a rise in emerging infectious diseases in humans, of which more than 70% are zoonotic. Zoonoses are diseases that normally exist in animals but have the potential to transmit…
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Professor of Veterinary Infectious Diseases, University of Liverpool and International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya, University of Liverpool
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Directeur régional Asie du Sud-Est, vétérinaire et épidémiologiste, Cirad
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Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, Nottingham Trent University
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Catedrático de Microbiología. Miembro de la Sociedad Española de Microbiología., Universidad de Salamanca
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Canada Research Chair and Full Professor, Epidemiology and One Health, Université de Montréal
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Alborada Lecturer in Epidemiology, University of Cambridge
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Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, James Cook University
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Public Health Pathology, NSW Health Pathology, Westmead Hospital and University of Sydney, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences; Senior Scientist, Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society, Simon Fraser University
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Office of the Chief Executive Science Leader in Virology, CSIRO
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Virologist, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, CSIRO
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Emeritus Professor of Population and Health Macquarie University, University of Sydney
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor of Health Science, Curtin University
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PhD Candidate, James Cook University
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Director, Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University
