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| S CleavelandSummaryAffiliation: University of Edinburgh Country: UK Publications
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Overviews of pathogen emergence: which pathogens emerge, when and why?S Cleaveland
Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian UK
Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 315:85-111. 2007....
A cross-sectional study of factors associated with dog ownership in TanzaniaDarryn L Knobel
Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK
BMC Vet Res 4:5. 2008..This paper reports the results of a cross-sectional study of dog ownership by households in urban and rural communities in the United Republic of Tanzania...- Health-seeking behaviour of human brucellosis cases in rural TanzaniaJohn Kunda
National Institute for Medical Research, Muhimbili Centre, Tanzania
BMC Public Health 7:315. 2007..The purpose of this study was to establish health-seeking behaviour of human brucellosis cases in rural Tanzania and explore the most feasible ways to improve it... - Serological and demographic evidence for domestic dogs as a source of canine distemper virus infection for Serengeti wildlifeS Cleaveland
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, UK
Vet Microbiol 72:217-27. 2000.... - The conservation relevance of epidemiological research into carnivore viral diseases in the serengetiSarah Cleaveland
Wildlife and Emerging Diseases Section, Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, United Kingdom
Conserv Biol 21:612-22. 2007..Long-term, integrative, cross-species research is essential for formulation of effective policy for disease control and optimization of ecosystem health... - Canine vaccination--providing broader benefits for disease controlSarah Cleaveland
Wildlife and Emerging Disease Section, Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK
Vet Microbiol 117:43-50. 2006..The tools and delivery systems are all available--all that is needed is the political will to free the world from the ongoing tragedy of these diseases... - Mycobacterium bovis in rural Tanzania: risk factors for infection in human and cattle populationsSarah Cleaveland
Wildlife and Emerging Disease Section, Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG, Scotland
Tuberculosis (Edinb) 87:30-43. 2007..024); herds housed inside at night (p=0.021) and herds in contact with wildlife (p=0.041). Furthermore, villages that experienced annual flooding had a higher prevalence of infection (p=0.043)... - Tuberculosis in Tanzanian wildlifeS Cleaveland
Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Royal Dick School of Clinical Studies, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian, UK EH25 9RG
J Wildl Dis 41:446-53. 2005.... - Diseases of humans and their domestic mammals: pathogen characteristics, host range and the risk of emergenceS Cleaveland
Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 356:991-9. 2001..There is clearly a need to understand the dynamics of infectious diseases in complex multihost communities in order to mitigate disease threats to public health, livestock economies and wildlife... - Estimating human rabies mortality in the United Republic of Tanzania from dog bite injuriesSarah Cleaveland
Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Midlothian, United Kingdom
Bull World Health Organ 80:304-10. 2002..To make quantitative predictions about the magnitude of underreporting of human rabies deaths in the United Republic of Tanzania... - A dog rabies vaccination campaign in rural Africa: impact on the incidence of dog rabies and human dog-bite injuriesS Cleaveland
Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK
Vaccine 21:1965-73. 2003..Dog-bite injuries can provide a valuable and accessible source of data for surveillance in countries where case incidence data are difficult to obtain... 
Demography of domestic dogs in rural and urban areas of the Coquimbo region of Chile and implications for disease transmissionG Acosta-Jamett
The Roslin Institute and Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9PS, UK
Prev Vet Med 94:272-81. 2010....- Urban domestic dog populations as a source of canine distemper virus for wild carnivores in the Coquimbo region of ChileG Acosta-Jamett
The Roslin Institute and Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9PS, United Kingdom
Vet Microbiol 152:247-57. 2011.... - Rabies control in rural Africa: evaluating strategies for effective domestic dog vaccinationM Kaare
Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK
Vaccine 27:152-60. 2009..These results suggest that rabies control is logistically feasible across most of the developing world and that the annual costs of effective vaccination campaigns in Tanzania are likely to be affordable... - Molecular epidemiology identifies only a single rabies virus variant circulating in complex carnivore communities of the SerengetiT Lembo
Wildlife and Emerging Diseases Section, Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, Roslin, Midlothian, Edinburgh EH25 9RG, UK
Proc Biol Sci 274:2123-30. 2007.... - Evaluation of a direct, rapid immunohistochemical test for rabies diagnosisTiziana Lembo
University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
Emerg Infect Dis 12:310-3. 2006..Compared to the direct fluorescent antibody test, the traditional standard in rabies diagnosis, the dRIT was 100% sensitive and specific... - Echinococcus granulosus infection in domestic dogs in urban and rural areas of the Coquimbo region, north-central ChileGerardo Acosta-Jamett
The Roslin Institute and Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Midlothian, United Kingdom
Vet Parasitol 169:117-22. 2010..This study shows that surveillance and control measures in livestock and domestic dogs need to be introduced in urban areas as well as rural areas of the Coquimbo region to reduce the public health risk of hydatid disease... - The epidemiology of animal bite injuries in Uganda and projections of the burden of rabiesE M Fèvre
Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Roslin, UK
Trop Med Int Health 10:790-8. 2005..We aimed at describing the profile of patients presenting to health centres with animal bite injuries in Uganda, and use a predictive model to estimate the mortality of rabies at a national level... - Re-evaluating the burden of rabies in Africa and AsiaDarryn L Knobel
Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG, Scotland
Bull World Health Organ 83:360-8. 2005..To quantify the public health and economic burden of endemic canine rabies in Africa and Asia... - Estimating the public health impact of rabiesPaul G Coleman
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England, UK
Emerg Infect Dis 10:140-2. 2004..We estimate a disability-adjusted life year (DALY) score for rabies to quantify the disease impact relative to other diseases to set priorities for public health interventions... - A robust lentiviral pseudotype neutralisation assay for in-field serosurveillance of rabies and lyssaviruses in AfricaEdward Wright
Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, 46 Cleveland Street, London, United Kingdom
Vaccine 27:7178-86. 2009..These results suggest the proposed pseudotype assay is a suitable option for undertaking lyssavirus serosurveillance in areas most affected by these infections... - Animal movements and the spread of infectious diseasesEric M Fèvre
Centre for Infectious Diseases and Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK
Trends Microbiol 14:125-31. 2006..Measures based on heightened surveillance are proposed that mitigate the risks of new pathogen introductions... - A framework for evaluating animals as sentinels for infectious disease surveillanceJo E B Halliday
Wildlife and Emerging Diseases Section, R D SVS, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK
J R Soc Interface 4:973-84. 2007..We describe a conceptual framework within which the characteristics of different host populations and their potential value as sentinels can be evaluated in a broad range of settings... - Identifying reservoirs of infection: a conceptual and practical challengeDaniel T Haydon
University of Edinburgh, Roslin, UK
Emerg Infect Dis 8:1468-73. 2002..We discuss the practical value of different approaches that may be used to identify reservoirs in the field... - Echinococcus granulosus infection in humans and livestock in the Coquimbo region, north-central ChileGerardo Acosta-Jamett
The Roslin Institute and Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Roslin Biocentre, Roslin, Midlothian, UK
Vet Parasitol 169:102-10. 2010..Improvements in record-keeping of infected animals at slaughterhouses are proposed in order to trace back farms where infection was most likely acquired... - Dogs can play useful role as sentinel hosts for diseaseSarah Cleaveland
Nature 440:605. 2006 - Sleeping sickness--a re-emerging disease in the Serengeti?Magai T Kaare
Department of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sokoine University of Agriculture, P O Box 3021, Morogoro, Tanzania
Travel Med Infect Dis 5:117-24. 2007..PCR analysis, directed against the human serum resistance associated gene SRA, identified human infective Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense parasites in both cattle and warthogs...