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Editorial: New approaches to understanding vector borne diseases in domestic and wild animals

Changing food systems and infectious disease risks in low-income and middle-income countries

The emergence of COVID-19 has drawn the attention of health researchers sharply back to the role that food systems can play in generating human disease burden. But emerging pandemic threats are just one dimension of the complex relationship between agriculture and infectious disease, which is evolving rapidly, particularly in low-income and middle-...

Novel duplex RT-qPCR for animal rabies surveillance.

Published in Transboundary and emerging diseases

Rabies is a lethal zoonosis affecting mammals worldwide. Diagnosis of rabies follows international standard protocols, primarily relying on direct immunofluorescence (DI) followed by mouse inoculation test (MIT). WHO recommends molecular biology techniques such as RT-qPCR for replacing MIT to diagnose rabies in animal samples. Recently, a real-time...

What do we know about Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Spain? Current knowledge and future perspectives in a globalized wo...

Published in Transboundary and emerging diseases

Angiostrongylus cantonensis is an important emerging and zoonotic nematode that has been reported worldwide since its first description in Asia 86 years ago. Among places where this parasite has been recently described, insular regions of northwest Africa seem to be particularly relevant. We performed a systematic review in scientific databases to ...

Factors affecting the use of biosecurity measures for the protection of ruminant livestock and farm workers against infe...

Published in Transboundary and emerging diseases

Biosecurity measures have been introduced to limit economic losses and zoonotic exposures to humans by preventing and controlling animal diseases. However, they are implemented on individual farms with varying frequency. The goal of this study was to evaluate which biosecurity measures were used by farmers to prevent infectious diseases in ruminant...

Molecular screening of gastric Helicobacter pullorum recovered from different avian species in Egypt.

Published in Polish journal of veterinary sciences

Helicobacter pullorum (H. pullorum) is a bacterium that colonizes the intestines of poultry and causes gastroenteritis. Because these species are known as human and/or animal pathogens, identification of H. pullorum is becoming increasingly necessary. The bacterium has been linked to colitis and hepatitis in humans after being transmitted by infect...

Possible bidirectional human-swine and subsequent human-human transmission of influenza virus A(H1N1)/2009 in Japan.

Published in Zoonoses and public health

In 2019, sows at a swine farm in Japan showed influenza-like illness (ILI) shortly after contact with an employee that exhibited ILI. Subsequently, a veterinarian became sick shortly after examining the sows and was diagnosed with influenza A virus (IAV) infection. Then, her family also contracted the infection. Subsequently, Pandemic A(H1N1)2009 v...

International Livestock Research Institute One Health initiatives in Africa: Concepts and applications

The frequency and severity of zoonotic diseases, such as the current COVID pandemic, is increasing as humans encroach on wildlife habitats, and as food production systems intensify. The One Health approach (OH) offers the best chance for solving these challenges by overcoming institutional barriers by cross-sectoral collaboration and providing stro...