Paving the way for human vaccination against Rift Valley fever virus: A systematic literature review of RVFV epidemiology from 1999 to 2021

KN Gerken, AD LaBeaud, H Mandi… - PLoS neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a lethal threat to humans and livestock in many
parts of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Indian Ocean. This systematic review's …

The role of wildlife in the epidemiology and control of Foot‐and‐mouth‐disease And Similar Transboundary (FAST) animal diseases: a review

C Gortázar, P Barroso, R Nova… - … and Emerging Diseases, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Transboundary Animal Diseases (TADs) are notifiable diseases which are highly
transmissible and have the potential for rapid spread regardless of national borders. Many …

Endemic persistence of a highly contagious pathogen: Foot-and-mouth disease in its wildlife host

A Jolles, E Gorsich, S Gubbins, B Beechler, P Buss… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Extremely contagious pathogens are a global biosecurity threat because of their high
burden of morbidity and mortality, as well as their capacity for fast-moving epidemics that are …

Identification and distribution of pathogens coinfecting with Brucella spp., Coxiella burnetii and Rift Valley fever virus in humans, livestock and wildlife

EA Middlebrook, AT Romero, B Bett… - Zoonoses and Public …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Zoonotic diseases, such as brucellosis, Q fever and Rift Valley fever (RVF) caused by
Brucella spp., Coxiella burnetii and RVF virus, respectively, can have devastating effects on …

Rift Valley fever: does wildlife play a role?

MK Rostal, JE Liang, D Zimmermann, R Bengis… - Ilar …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Rift Valley fever (RVF) virus (RVFV) is an emerging vector-borne pathogen that causes
sporadic epizootics and epidemics with multi-year, apparently quiescent, inter-epidemic …

Elucidating cryptic dynamics of Theileria communities in African buffalo using a high‐throughput sequencing informatics approach

CK Glidden, AV Koehler, RS Hall… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing access to next‐generation sequencing (NGS) technologies is revolutionizing the
life sciences. In disease ecology, NGS‐based methods have the potential to provide higher …

Opposite outcomes of coinfection at individual and population scales

EE Gorsich, RS Etienne, J Medlock… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Coinfecting parasites and pathogens remain a leading challenge for global public health
due to their consequences for individual-level infection risk and disease progression …

Mechanistic models of Rift Valley fever virus transmission: A systematic review

H Cecilia, A Drouin, R Métras… - PLoS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a zoonotic arbovirosis which has been reported across Africa
including the northernmost edge, South West Indian Ocean islands, and the Arabian …

Strategies for managing marine disease

CK Glidden, LC Field, S Bachhuber… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The incidence of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) has increased in wildlife populations
in recent years and is expected to continue to increase with global environmental change …

Host immunity, nutrition and coinfection alter longitudinal infection patterns of schistosomes in a free ranging African buffalo population

BR Beechler, AE Jolles, SA Budischak… - PLoS Neglected …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Schistosomes are trematode parasites of global importance, causing infections in millions of
people, livestock, and wildlife. Most studies on schistosomiasis, involve human subjects; as …