Scientific Articles of Note Q1 2018
A list of scientific articles published during the last quarter with hyperlinks for ease of access. The focus is on field and epidemiological papers, with relevance for those working in this area.
African Horse Sickness
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African Swine Fever
African swine fever and the risks of feeding food waste to pigs. The Veterinary record, 181(24), p. 642. Gibbens, N., 2017
African swine fever control and market integration in Ugandan peri-urban smallholder pig value chains: An ex-ante impact assessment of interventions and their interaction. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 151, pp. 29-39. Ouma, E., Dione, M., Birungi, R., Lule, P., Mayega, L., Dizyee, K., 2018
A review of African swine fever and the potential for introduction into the United States and the possibility of subsequent establishment in feral swine and native ticks. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 5(FEB), art. no. 11. Brown, V.R., Bevins, S.N., 2018
Delegation explores African swine fever prevention efforts. Journal of Swine Health and Production, 26(2), pp. 116-117. Snelson, H., 2018
Development of a fluorescent ASFV strain that retains the ability to cause disease in swine. Scientific Reports, 7, art. no. 46747. Borca, M.V., O'Donnell, V., Holinka, L.G., Sanford, B., Azzinaro, P.A., Risatti, G.R., Gladue, D.P., 2017
Farmers’ knowledge and incentive in reporting infectious animal disease: The case of African swine fever in Madagascar. Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, 28(1), pp. 270-279. Randrianantoandro, T.N., Kubota, S., Kono, H., 2018
Genetic characterization of African swine fever virus isolates from soft ticks at the wildlife/domestic interface in Mozambique and identification of a novel genotype. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 65(2), pp. 420-431. Quembo, C.J., Jori, F., Vosloo, W., Heath, L., 2018
Implementation of a regional training program on African swine fever as part of the cooperative biological engagement program across the Caucasus region. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 4(OCT), art. no. 164. De Nardi, M., Léger, A., Stepanyan, T., (...), Gallagher, T., Obiso, R., 2017
Management of hunting waste as control measure for tuberculosis in wild ungulates in south-central Spain. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. Article in Press. Cano-Terriza, D., Risalde, M.A., Jiménez-Ruiz, S., (...), Infantes-Lorenzo, J.A., García-Bocanegra, I., 2018
Short time window for transmissibility of African swine fever virus from a contaminated environment. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. Article in Press. Olesen, A.S., Lohse, L., Boklund, A., Halasa, T., Belsham, G.J., Rasmussen, T.B., Bøtner, A., 2018
Simplifying sampling for African swine fever surveillance: Assessment of antibody and pathogen detection from blood swabs. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 65(1), pp. e165-e172. Carlson, J., Zani, L., Schwaiger, T., (...), Beer, M., Blome, S., 2018
Third wave of African swine fever infection in Armenia: Virus demonstrates the reduction of pathogenicity. Veterinary World, 11(1), pp. 5-9. Sargsyan, M.A., Voskanyan, H.E., Karalova, E.M., Hakobyan, L.H., Karalyan, Z.A., 2018
Vaccines against African swine fever (review). Sel'skokhozyaistvennaya Biologiya, 52(6), pp. 1069-1082. Sereda, A.D., Imatdinov, A.R., Dubrovskaya, O.A., Kolbasov, D.V., 2017
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Aujeszky's Disease
Aujeszky's disease and hepatitis E viruses transmission between domestic pigs and wild boars in Corsica: Evaluating the importance of wild/domestic interactions and the efficacy of management measures. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 5(JAN), art. no. 1. Charrier, F., Rossi, S., Jori, F., (...), Pavio, N., Le Potier, M.-F., 2018
Evidence of pseudorabies virus shedding in feral swine (Sus scrofa) populations of Florida, USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 54(1), pp. 45-53. Hernández, F.A., Sayler, K.A., Bounds, C., Milleson, M.P., Carr, A.N., Wisely, S.M., 2018
First steps to build an animal disease management strategy: Collective approach to deconstruct problems. Archivos de Zootecnia, 2018, pp. 137-140. Charrier, F., Casabianca, F., Pailhes, N., Maestrini, O., 2018
Serological survey of Aujeszky's disease in Peninsular Malaysia in 2016. Advances in Animal and Veterinary Sciences, 6(2), pp. 75-80. Low, S.E., Ooi, P.T., Rahaman, N.Y.A., (...), Yong, C.K., Kam, K.Y., 2018
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Bluetongue
Analysis of bluetongue serotype 3 spread in Tunisia and discovery of a novel strain related to the bluetongue virus isolated from a commercial sheep pox vaccine. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 59, pp. 63-71. Lorusso, A., Sghaier, S., Di Domenico, M., (...), Marcacci, M., Savini, G., 2018
A serosurvey of bluetongue and epizootic haemorrhagic disease in a convenience sample of sheep and cattle herds in Zimbabwe. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 84(1), art. no. a1505. Gordon, S.J.G., Bolwell, C., Rogers, C.W., (...), Mellor, P.S., Hamblin, C., 2017
Bluetongue confirmed in UK cattle. The Veterinary record, 181(17), p. 435., 2017
Bluetongue virus serotype 27: Experimental infection of goats, sheep and cattle with three BTV-27 variants reveal atypical characteristics and likely direct contact transmission BTV-27 between goats. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 65(2), pp. e251-e263. Bréard, E., Schulz, C., Sailleau, C., (...), Zientara, S., Beer, M., 2018
Concurrent infection of bluetongue and peste-des-petits-ruminants virus in small ruminants in Haryana State of India. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 65(1), pp. 235-239. Maan, S., Kumar, A., Gupta, A.K., (...), Maan, N.S., Mertens, P.P.C., 2018
Epidemiological situation of transboundary animal diseases in North African countries—proposition of a regional control strategy. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 50(3), pp. 459-467. Kardjadj, M., 2018
Experimental infection of sheep, goats and cattle with a bluetongue virus serotype 4 field strain from Bulgaria, 2014. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 65(2), pp. e243-e250. Schulz, C., Sailleau, C., Bréard, E., (...), Batten, C., Hoffmann, B., 2018
High prevalence of bovine viral diarrhea virus-1 in sheep abortion samples with pestivirus infection in Turkey. Pakistan Veterinary Journal, 38(1), pp. 71-75. Bulut, H., Sozdutmaz, I., Pestil, Z., Abayli, H., Sait, A., Cevik, A., 2018
Isolation and evolutionary analysis of Australasian topotype of bluetongue virus serotype 4 from India. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 65(2), pp. 547-556. Reddy, Y.V., Susmitha, B., Patil, S., (...), Hegde, N.R., Rao, P.P., 2018
One after the other: A novel bluetongue virus strain related to Toggenburg virus detected in the Piedmont region (north-western Italy), extends the panel of novel atypical BTV strains. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 65(2), pp. 370-374. Marcacci, M., Sant, S., Mangone, I., (...), Savini, G., Lorusso, A., 2018
Predictors of bluetongue development in Sardinia (Italy) identification, using multilevel logistic mixed model. Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health, 14(4), pp. e12714-1-e12714-9. Loi, F., Berzolari, F.G., Laddomada, A., (...), Rolesu, S., Cappai, S., 2017
Sero-epidemiology of bluetongue and Caprine arthritisencephalitis in goats of middle Indo-Gangetic plains. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 88(1), pp. 26-29. Kumar, P., Rajak, K.K., Jegaveera-Pandian, S., Mahto, D., Kumari, R.R., Roy, R.K., Kumar, A., 2018
The role of climate change in a developing threat: The case of bluetongue in Europe.OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique, 36(2), pp. 467-478. Baylis, M., Caminade, C., Turner, J., Jones, A.E., 2017
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Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD)
Animal pathogens and their impact on animal health, the economy, food security, food safety and public health. OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique, 36(2), pp. 423-433. McElwain, T.F., Thumbi, S.M., 2017
Detection of pathogen exposure in African buffalo using non-specific markers of inflammation. Frontiers in Immunology, 8(JAN), art. no. 1944. Glidden, C.K., Beechler, B., Buss, P.E., (...), van Schalkwyk, O.L., Jolles, A., 2018
Development and validation of a foot-and-mouth disease virus SAT serotype-specific 3ABC assay to differentiate infected from vaccinated animals. Journal of Virological Methods, 255, pp. 44-51. Chitray, M., Grazioli, S., Willems, T., (...), De Clercq, K., Maree, F.F., 2018
Editorial: Foot-and-mouth disease in swine. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 4(AUG), art. no. 133. Perez, A.M., Willeberg, P.W., 2017
Efficacy of a high quality O1/Campos foot-and-mouth disease vaccine upon challenge with a heterologous Korean O Mya98 lineage virus in pigs. Vaccine. 36(12), pp. 1570-1576. Galdo Novo, S., Malirat, V., Maradei, E.D., (...), Park, J.H., Bergmann, I.E., 2018
Emergence of an exotic strain of serotype O foot-and-mouth disease virus O/ME-SA/Ind-2001d in South-East Asia in 2015. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 65(1), pp. e104-e112. Qiu, Y., Abila, R., Rodtian, P., (...), Verin, B.C., Widders, P., 2018
Evaluation of strategies to control a potential outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Sweden. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 4(JUL), art. no. 118. Dórea, F.C., Nöremark, M., Widgren, S., Frössling, J., Boklund, A., Halasa, T., Ståhl, K., 2017
Genetic stability of foot-and-mouth disease virus during long-term infections in natural hosts. PLoS ONE, 13(2), art. no. e0190977. Ramirez-Carvajal, L., Pauszek, S.J., Ahmed, Z., (...), Stockwell, T.B., Rodriguez, L.L., 2018
Interplay of foot and mouth disease virus with cell-mediated and humoral immunity of host. Reviews in Medical Virology, 28(2), art. no. e1966. Abubakar, M., Manzoor, S., Ahmed, A., 2018
Linking animal diseases and social instability. OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique, 36(2), pp. 445-457. Lubroth, J., El Idrissi, A., Myers, L., Hasibra, M., Black, P., Burgeon, D., 2017
Market impact of foot-and-mouth disease control strategies: A UK case study. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 4(SEP), art. no. 129. Feng, S., Patton, M., Davis, J., 2017
Randomised field trial to evaluate serological response after foot-and-mouth disease vaccination in Uttar Pradesh, India. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 87(12), pp. 1485-1487. Singh, A.P., Singh, R., Singh, T., Yadav, S.K., 2017
Serological evidence of foot-and-mouth disease virus infection in goat breeds in the Samsun province of Turkey. Journal of the Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society, 68(3), pp. 327-330. Albayrak, H., Ozan, E., Kadi, H., Cavunt, A., Tamer, C., Tutuncu, M., 2017
Spatial pattern of foot-and-mouth disease in animals in China, 2010-2016. PeerJ, 2017(12), art. no. e4193. Ma, J., Xiao, J., Gao, X., Liu, B., Chen, H., Wang, H., 2017
The need for improved vaccines against foot-and-mouth disease. Current Opinion in Virology, 29, pp. 16-25. de los Santos, T., Diaz-San Segundo, F., Rodriguez, L.L., 2018
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General
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Influenza
A brief summary of the epidemiology and genetic relatedness of avian influenza H9N2 virus in birds and mammals in the Middle East and North Africa. Epidemiology and Infection, 145(16), pp. 3320-3333. Nagy, A., Mettenleiter, T.C., Abdelwhab, E.M., 2017
Appearance of reassortant European avian-origin H1 influenza A viruses of swine in Vietnam. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. Article in Press. Takemae, N., Nguyen, P.T., Le, V.T., (...), Uchida, Y., Saito, T., 2018
A rapid and transient innate immune response to avian influenza infection in mallards. Molecular Immunology, 95, pp. 64-72. Helin, A.S., Wille, M., Atterby, C., Järhult, J.D., Waldenström, J., Chapman, J.R., 2018
Avian influenza A (H7N9) virus infections in humans across five epidemics in mainland China, 2013-2017. Journal of Thoracic Disease, 9(12), pp. 4808-4811. Hui, D.S.C., Lee, N., Chan, P.K.S., 2017
Avian influenza H7N9 viruses: A rare second warning. Cell Research, 28(1), pp. 1-2. Subbarao, K., 2018
Cage fighting: Vets divided over poultry management. The Veterinary record, 181(24), pp. 640-641. Limb, M., 2017
CASCIRE surveillance network and work on avian influenza viruses. Science China Life Sciences, 60(12), pp. 1386-1391. Bi, Y., Shi, W., Chen, J., (...), Liu, W., Gao, G.F., 2017
Characterization of avian influenza H9N2 viruses isolated from ostriches (Struthio camelus). Scientific Reports, 8(1), art. no. 2273. Wang, D., Wang, J., Bi, Y., (...), Zhang, Y., Yin, Y., 2018
Clusters of human infection and human-to-human transmission of avian influenza A(H7N9) virus, 2013-2017. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24(2), pp. 397-400. Zhou, L., Chen, E., Bao, C., (...), Uyeki, T.M., Li, Q., 2018
Contact reductions from live poultry market closures limit the epidemic of human infections with H7N9 influenza. Journal of Infection. 76(3), pp. 295-304. Teng, Y., Bi, D., Guo, X., Hu, D., Feng, D., Tong, Y., 2018
Containment of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus, Lebanon, 2016. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24(2), pp. 374-376. Farah, Z.E., Khatib, O., Hamadeh, S., (...), Ammar, W., Ghosn, N., 2018
Could changes in the agricultural landscape of Northeastern China have influenced the long-distance transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5Nx viruses? Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 4(DEC), art. no. 225. Gilbert, M., Prosser, D.J., Zhang, G., (...), Lee, H., Xiao, X., 2017
Current status of avian influenza in Europe and the UK. The Veterinary record, 182(2), pp. 54-55. Hansen, R., Brown, I., Brookes, S., Welchman, D., Cromie, R., 2018
Emergence and adaptation of a novel highly pathogenic H7N9 influenza virus in birds and humans from a 2013 human-infecting low-pathogenic ancestor. Journal of Virology, 92(2), art. no. e00921-17. Qi, W., Jia, W., Liu, D., (...), Gao, G.F., Liao, M., 2018
Emergence and spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) in Europe in 2016-2017. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. Article in Press. Napp, S., Majó, N., Sánchez-Gónzalez, R., Vergara-Alert, J., 2018
Environmental resistance development to influenza antivirals: A case exemplifying the need for a multidisciplinary One Health approach including physicians. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 60(1), art. no. 6. Järhult, J.D., 2018
Epidemiological investigation of H9 avian influenza virus, Newcastle disease virus, Tembusu virus, goose parvovirus and goose circovirus infection of geese in China. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 65(2), pp. e304-e316. Niu, X., Wang, H., Wei, L., (...), Tang, Y., Diao, Y., 2018
Estimating the between-farm transmission rates for highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1 epidemics in Bangladesh between 2007 and 2013. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 65(1), pp. e127-e134. Ssematimba, A., Okike, I., Ahmed, G.M., Yamage, M., Boender, G.J., Hagenaars, T.J., Bett, B., 2018
Ethical and philosophical considerations for gain-of-function policy: The importance of alternate experiments. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 6(FEB), art. no. 11. Evans, N.G., 2018
Evidence of intercontinental spread and uncommon variants of low-pathogenicity avian influenza viruses in ducks overwintering in Guatemala. mSphere, 2(2), art. no. e00362-16. Gonzalez-Reiche, A.S., Nelson, M.I., Angel, M., (...), Cordon-Rosales, C., Perez, D.R., 2017
Expression dynamics of innate immunity in influenza virus-infected swine. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 4(APR), art. no. 48. Montoya, M., Foni, E., Solórzano, A., (...), del Real, G., Amadori, M., 2017
Genetic characterization of low-pathogenic avian influenza viruses isolated on the Izumi plain in Japan: Possible association of dynamic movements of wild birds with AIV evolution. Archives of Virology, 163(4), pp. 911-233. Nakagawa, H., Okuya, K., Kawabata, T., (...), Toda, S., Ozawa, M., 2018
Genetic diversity and dissemination pathways of highly pathogenic H5N6 avian influenza viruses from birds in Southwestern China along the East Asian-Australian migration flyway. Journal of Infection. Article in Press. Zhang, J., Lao, G., Zhang, R., (...), Liao, M., Qi, W., 2017
Global analysis for a two-strain avian influenza model with distributed delay and environmental transmission. Communications in Mathematical Biology and Neuroscience, 2017, art. no. 4. Dang, Y.-X., Wang, J., Martcheva, M., Li, X.-Z., 2017
Global avian influenza outbreaks 2010-2016: A systematic review of their distribution, avian species and virus subtype. Systematic Reviews, 7(1), art. no. 17. Chatziprodromidou, I.P., Arvanitidou, M., Guitian, J., Apostolou, T., Vantarakis, G., Vantarakis, A., 2018
Global dynamics of an avian influenza A(H7N9) epidemic model with latent period and nonlinear recovery rate. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, 2018, art. no. 7321694. Mu, R., Yang, Y., 2018
Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 clade 2.3.4.4b in Germany in 2016/2017. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 4(JAN), art. no. 240. Globig, A., Staubach, C., Sauter-Louis, C., (...), Mettenleiter, T.C., Conraths, F.J., 2018
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus infection develops severe ARDS in human. Teikyo Medical Journal, 40(3), pp. 117-129. Kawachi, S., 2017
Hospital-based influenza morbidity and mortality (HIMM) surveillance for A/H7N9 influenza virus infection in returning travelers. Journal of Korean Medical Science, 33(7), art. no. e49. Song, J.Y., Noh, J.Y., Lee, J., (...), Cheong, H.J., Kim, W.J., 2018
Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N2) virus-Virginia, 2002. Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses. Article in Press. Terebuh, P., Adija, A., Edwards, L., (...), Katz, J.M., Bridges, C.B., 2018
Isolation and characterization of avian influenza viruses from raw poultry products illegally imported to Japan by international flight passengers. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 65(2), pp. 465-475. Shibata, A., Hiono, T., Fukuhara, H., (...), Osaka, H., Sakoda, Y., 2018
Mammalian pathogenesis and transmission of avian influenza A(H7N9) viruses, Tennessee, USA, 2017. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24(1), pp. 149-152. Belser, J.A., Brock, N., Sun, X., (...), Davis, T., Maines, T.R., 2018
Migratory birds in southern Brazil are a source of multiple avian influenza virus subtypes. Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses. 12(2), pp. 220-231. Araujo, J., Petry, M.V., Fabrizio, T., (...), Webby, R.J., Durigon, E.L., 2018
Novel avian paramyxovirus isolated from gulls in Caspian seashore in Kazakhstan. PLoS ONE, 12(12), art. no. e0190339. Karamendin, K., Kydyrmanov, A., Kasymbekov, Y., (...), Moldakozhayev, A., Sayatov, M., 2017
Pathogenicity and genetic characterisation of a novel reassortant, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N6 virus isolated in Korea, 2017. Eurosurveillance, 23(7), art. no. 18-00045. Kim, Y.-I., Si, Y.-J., Kwon, H.-I., (...), Lee, M.-H., Choi, Y.K., 2018
Pathogenicity and transmissibility of three avian influenza A (H5N6) viruses isolated from wild birds. Journal of Infection. Article in Press. Kang, Y., Shen, X., Yuan, R., (...), Shen, Y., Ren, T., 2018
Poultry keepers must remain vigilant following 'disease free' bird flu status. The Veterinary record, 181(12), p. 307. 2018
Preparedness for the next epidemic: Health and political issues of an emerging paradigm‡. Critical Public Health, pp. 1-7. Article in Press. David, P.-M., Le Dévédec, N., 2018
Similar transmissibility of the Italian H7N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus and its low pathogenic avian influenza virus predecessor. Veterinary Journal, 232, pp. 20-22. Gonzales, J.L., Koch, G., Elbers, A.R.W., van der Goot, J.A., 2018
Spatio-temporal pattern analysis for evaluation of the spread of human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in China, 2013-2014. BMC Infectious Diseases, 17(1), p. 704. Dong, W., Yang, K., Xu, Q., Liu, L., Chen, J., 2017
Surveillance of avian influenza virus of H5N1 subtype in backyard animals and its introduction in Bali, Indonesia. Pakistan Veterinary Journal, 38(1), pp. 7-12. Mahardika, G.N., Adi, A.A.A.M., Besung, N.K., (...), Suwiti, N.K., Utama, I.H., 2018
The concept of travel medicine and the actual situation of travel-related illnesses. Turkiye parazitolojii dergisi, 41(2), pp. 114-118. Tunalı, V., Turgay, N., 2017
The genetic and phylogenetic analysis of a highly pathogenic influenza A H5N6 virus from a heron, Southern China, 2013. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 59, pp. 72-74. Luo, K., Zhang, K., Liu, L., (...), Liao, M., Shen, Y., 2018
The potentially beneficial effects of supplementation with hesperidin in poultry diets. World's Poultry Science Journal, pp. 1-12. Article in Press. Yatao, X., Saeed, M., Kamboh, A.A., (...), Shah, Q.A., Chao, S., 2018
The value chain approach in one health: Conceptual framing and focus on present applications and challenges. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 4(DEC), art. no. 206. Antoine-Moussiaux, N., Peyre, M., Bonnet, P., Bebay, C., Bengoumi, M., Tripodi, A., 2017
Trade patterns facilitating highly pathogenic avian influenza virus dissemination in the free-grazing layer duck system in Vietnam. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 65(2), pp. 408-419. Meyer, A., Dinh, T.X., Han, T.A., (...), Pfeiffer, D.U., Vergne, T., 2018
Two reassortant types of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza virus from wild birds in Central China in 2016 article. Emerging Microbes and Infections, 7(1), art. no. 14. Ma, L., Jin, T., Wang, H., (...), Gao, G.F., Chen, Q., 2018
Very low influenza a virus prevalence in cervids in German national parks. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 49(1), pp. 252-254. Soilemetzidou, S.-E., Greenwood, A.D., Czirják, G.Á., 2018
Virological and pathological characterization of an avian H1N1 influenza A virus. Archives of Virology, pp. 1-10. Article in Press. Koo, B.-S., Kim, H.K., Song, D., (...), Yoon, S.-W., Jeong, D.G., 2018
Waterfowl as the main reservoir of avian influenza A (H5N6) virus in wet markets. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, 59, art. no. e88. Li, T., Lau, E.H., Ou, H., Tang, X., Yang, Z., 2017
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Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD)
Clinical, hematologic, and biochemical findings in cattle infected with lumpy skin disease during an outbreak in southwest Iran. Archives of Razi Institute, 72(4), pp. 255-265. Jalali, S.M., Rasooli, A., Seifi Abad-Shapouri, M.R., Daneshi, M., 2017
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Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR)
Assessment of peste des petits ruminants (PPR) in the Middle East and North Africa Region. Pakistan Veterinary Journal, 38(1), pp. 113-115. Hailat, N., Brown, C., Houari, H., Al-Khlouf, S., Abdelrahman, A., Abu-Aziz, B., Masoud, G., 2018
Concurrent infection of bluetongue and peste-des-petits-ruminants virus in small ruminants in Haryana State of India. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 65(1), pp. 235-239. Maan, S., Kumar, A., Gupta, A.K., (...), Maan, N.S., Mertens, P.P.C., 2018
Epidemiological study and spatial modeling of peste des petits ruminants (PPR) in central area of Iran. Revista MVZ Cordoba, 22(2), pp. 5899-5909. Mokhtari, A., Azizi, Z., Fradonbeh, S.R., 2017
Fatal peste des petits ruminants disease in Chowsingha. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 65(1), pp. e198-e201. Jaisree, S., Aravindhbabu, R.P., Roy, P., Jayathangaraj, M.G., 2018
First report of peste des petits ruminants virus lineage II in Hydropotes inermis, China. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 65(1), pp. e205-e209. Zhou, X.Y., Wang, Y., Zhu, J., (...), Wang, G.J., Liu, G.Q., 2018
Investigating peste des petits ruminants (PPR) in naturally infected goats and sheep in Anseba Region, Eritrea, by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Tropical Animal Health and Production, 50(4), pp. 915-920. Oshiek, A.A., Abdelkadir, M.W., Mihreteab, B., (...), Efrem, G.H., Njeumi, F., 2018
Mixed infection of peste-des-petits ruminants and Capripox in goats in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research, 4(4), pp. 348-355. Birindwa, B.A., George, G.C., Ntagereka, B.P., Christopher, O., Lilly, B.C., 2017
Pathophysiology of peste des petits ruminants in sheep (Dorper & Kajli) and goats (Boer & Beetal). Microbial Pathogenesis, 117, pp. 139-147. Khan, A., Saleemi, M.K., Ali, F., Abubakar, M., Hussain, R., Abbas, R.Z., Khan, I.A., 2018
Peste des petits ruminants in China since its first outbreak in 2007: A 10-year review. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. Article in Press. Liu, F., Li, J., Li, L., L, Wu, X., Wang, Z., 2018
Serological investigation of peste des petits ruminants in East Shewa and Arsi Zones, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Veterinary Medicine International, 2017, art. no. 9769071. Gari, G., Serda, B., Negesa, D., Lemma, F., Asgedom, H., 2017
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Rabies
Assessing the potential impacts of a changing climate on the distribution of a rabies virus vector. PLoS ONE, 13(2), art. no. e0192887. Hayes, M.A., Piaggio, A.J., 2018
Barriers of attendance to dog rabies static point vaccination clinics in Blantyre, Malawi. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12(1), art. no. e0006159. Mazeri, S., Gibson, A.D., Meunier, N., Bronsvoort, B.M., Handel, I.G., Mellanby, R.J., Gamble, L., 2018
Canine rage: Its history, epidemiology and its control measures. Revista Electronica de Veterinaria, 18(9). Yaguana, J., Del Rosario, L.M., 2017
Characterization of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis in a region of the eastern Amazon, state of Pará, Brazil, between 2000 and 2014. Zoonoses and Public Health. Article in Press. De Paula, N.S., Saraiva, E.A., Araújo, I.M., (...), Guimãraes, R.J.P.S., Abel, I., 2018
Defining objective clusters for rabies virus sequences using affinity propagation clustering. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12(1), art. no. e0006182. Fischer, S., Freuling, C.M., Müller, T., (...), Conraths, F.J., Homeier-Bachmann, T., 2018
First four oral rabies vaccination campaigns of the red foxes in Greece: Evaluating factors and assessment. Veterinary Microbiology, 216, pp. 107-118. Papatheodorou, D.P., Tasioudi, K.E., Korou, L.-M., (...), Chondrokouki, E., Mangana-Vougiouka, O., 2018
Leopards provide public health benefits in Mumbai, India. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. Article in Press. Braczkowski, A.R., O'Bryan, C.J., Stringer, M.J., (...), Possingham, H.P., Beyer, H.L., 2018
Level and pattern of human rabies and dog bites in Techiman municipality in the middle belt of Ghana: A six year retrospective records review. Pan African Medical Journal, 28, art. no. 281. Punguyire, D.T., Osei-Tutu, A., Aleser, E.V., Letsa, T., 2018
Possible transmission of Irkut virus from dogs to humans. Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, 31(2), pp. 146-148. Chen, T., Miao, F.M., Liu, Y., Zhang, S.F., Zhang, F., Li, N., Hu, R.L., 2018
Protecting children from rabies with education and pre-exposure prophylaxis: A school-based campaign in El Nido, Palawan, Philippines. PLoS ONE, 13(1), art. no. e0189596. Deray, R., Rivera, C., Gripon, S., (...), Kieffer, A., Miranda, M.E., 2018
Quantifying the burden of vampire bat rabies in Peruvian livestock. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11(12), p. e0006105. Benavides, J.A., Rojas Paniagua, E., Hampson, K., Valderrama, W., Streicker, D.G., 2017
Rabies in India: Where do we stand? Tropical Doctor. Article in Press. Soni, V., Verma, S., 2018
Rabies vaccine hesitancy and deaths among pregnant and breastfeeding women – Vietnam, 2015-2016. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 67(8), pp. 250-252. Nguyen, H.T.T., Tran, C.H., Dang, A.D., (...), Pieracci, E.G., Tran, D.N., 2018
Seroprevalence of Rift Valley fever virus antibodies in cattle in Mali, 2005-2014. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 98(3), pp. 872-874. Subudhi, S., Dakouo, M., Sloan, A., (...), Safronetz, D., Niang, M., 2018
Zoonotic disease transmission associated with feral cats in a metropolitan area: A geospatial analysis. Zoonoses and Public Health. Article in Press. Taetzsch, S.J., Bertke, A.S., Gruszynski, K.R., 2018
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Rift Valley Fever
Antiviral immunity and virus-mediated antagonism in disease vector mosquitoes. Trends in Microbiology. Article in Press. Samuel, G.H., Adelman, Z.N., Myles, K.M., 2018
Benefits of a One Health approach: An example using Rift Valley fever. One Health, 5, pp. 34-36. Rostal, M.K., Ross, N., Machalaba, C., Cordel, C., Paweska, J.T., Karesh, W.B., 2018
Experimental transmission of West Nile virus and Rift Valley fever virus by Culex pipiens from Lebanon. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12(1), art. no. e0005983. Zakhia, R., Mousson, L., Vazeille, M., Haddad, N., Failloux, A.-B., 2018
Global risk mapping for major diseases transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 67, pp. 25-35. Leta, S., Beyene, T.J., De Clercq, E.M., Amenu, K., Kraemer, M.U.G., Revie, C.W., 2018
Public health and epidemiology informatics, Yearbook of medical informatics, 26(1), pp. 248-251. Thiébaut, R., Thiessard, F., 2017
Rift Valley fever in Egypt and other African countries: Historical review, recent outbreaks and possibility of disease occurrence in Egypt. Acta Tropica, 181, pp. 40-49. Kenawy, M.A., Abdel-Hamid, Y.M., Beier, J.C., 2018
Rift Valley fever vaccines: Current and future needs. Current Opinion in Virology, 29, pp. 8-15. Dungu, B., Lubisi, B.A., Ikegami, T., 2018
Transmission of Rift Valley fever virus from European-breed lambs to Culex pipiens mosquitoes. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11(12), art. no. e0006145. Vloet, R.P.M., Vogels, C.B.F., Koenraadt, C.J.M., (...), Wichgers Schreur, P.J., Kortekaas, J., 2017
Understanding the legal trade of cattle and camels and the derived risk of Rift Valley fever introduction into and transmission within Egypt. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12(1), art. no. e0006143. Napp, S., Chevalier, V., Busquets, N., (...), Abd Elkader, S., Bayomy, S., 2018
Vector competence of Culex antennatus and Anopheles coustani mosquitoes for Rift Valley fever virus in Madagascar. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Article in Press. Nepomichene, T.N.J.J., Raharimalala, F.N., Andriamandimby, S.F., (...), Heraud, J.-M., Boyer, S., 2018
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Schmallenberg
Detection of Schmallenberg virus antibody in equine population of Northern and Northeast of Iran. Veterinary World, 11(1), pp. 30-33. Rasekh, M., Sarani, A., Hashemi, S.H., 2018
Incursion of Schmallenberg virus into Great Britain in 2011 and emergence of variant sequences in 2016. Veterinary Journal, 234, pp. 77-84. McGowan, S.L., La Rocca, S.A., Grierson, S.S., Dastjerdi, A., Choudhury, B., Steinbach, F., 2018
Microclimatic temperatures at Danish cattle farms, 2000-2016: Quantifying the temporal and spatial variation in the transmission potential of Schmallenberg virus. Parasites and Vectors, 11(1), art. no. 128. Haider, N., Cuellar, A.C., Kjær, L.J., Sørensen, J.H., Bødker, R., 2018
Pathogenicity and teratogenicity of Schmallenberg virus and Akabane virus in experimentally infected chicken embryos. Veterinary Microbiology, 216, pp. 31-37. Collins, Á.B., Mee, J.F., Kirkland, P.D., 2018
Spatial and temporal variation in the abundance of Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in nine European countries. Parasites and Vectors, 11(1), art. no. 112. Cuéllar, A.C., Kjær, L.J., Kirkeby, C., (...), Tack, W., Bødker, R., 2018
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West Nile Fever
Experimental transmission of West Nile virus and Rift Valley fever virus by Culex pipiens from Lebanon. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12(1), art. no. e0005983. Zakhia, R., Mousson, L., Vazeille, M., Haddad, N., Failloux, A.-B., 2018
Novel indices of meteorological drivers of West Nile virus in Ohio Culex species mosquitoes from 2002-2006. Journal of environmental health, 79(8), pp. 16-22. Rosalie, P.A., Bisesi, M., 2017
Vector-borne diseases and climate change: A European perspective. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 365(2), art. no. fnx244. Semenza, J.C., Suk, J.E., 2018
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