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One health surveillance: linking human and animal rabies surveillance data in Kenya

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionRabies poses a significant public health and economic challenge in Kenya. The Kenya rabies elimination strategy identifies surveillance as a key pillar to achieve the targets of ending human deaths from rabies by 2030.
Samuel Kahariri, Samuel Kahariri, Samuel Kahariri, Samuel Kahariri, Lian F. Thomas, Lian F. Thomas, Bernard Bett, Marianne Mureithi, Brian Njuguna, Nyamai Mutono, Nyamai Mutono, Nyamai Mutono, Thumbi Mwangi, Thumbi Mwangi, Thumbi Mwangi, Thumbi Mwangi   +15 more
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Global systematic review of the factors influencing shark bites

Global Ecology and Conservation
Shark bites can cause substantial socio-economic and ecological challenges, including debates about bite-mitigation policies, economic impacts for tourism-dependent communities, and increased fear among beachgoers.
Delphine Duval, Morgan Mangeas, Charlie Huveneers, Adam Barnett, Laurent Vigliola   +4 more
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Innate preference for host-odor blends modulates degree of anthropophagy of Anopheles gambiae sensu lato (Diptera: Culicidae) [PDF]

In field studies, Anopheles gambiae Giles sensu stricto obtains most blood meals from humans, whereas Anopheles quadriannulatus Theobald bites predominantly bovids. We investigated whether host odors modulate the host preference of these mosquito species.
Braks, M.A.H., Dekker, T., Takken, W.
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Rationalizing Historical Successes of Malaria Control in Africa in Terms of Mosquito Resource Availability Management. [PDF]

, 2004
Environmental management of mosquito resources is a promising approach with which to control malaria, but it has seen little application in Africa for more than half a century. Here we present a kinetic model of mosquito foraging for aquatic habitats and
Killeen, Gerry F, Knols, Bart G J, Seyoum, Aklilu   +2 more
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Poisonous Spiders: Bites, Symptoms, and Treatment; an Educational Re-view

Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2018
More than 40,000 species of spiders have been identified in the world. Spider bites is a common problem among people, however few of them are harmful but delay in treatment can cause death.
Farzad Rahmani, Seyed Mahdi Banan Khojasteh, Hanieh Ebrahimi Bakhtavr, Farnaz Rahmani, Kavous Shahsavari Nia, Gholamreza Faridaalaee   +5 more
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Estimating the reproductive number, total outbreak size, and reporting rates for Zika epidemics in South and Central America

, 2017
As South and Central American countries prepare for increased birth defects from Zika virus outbreaks and plan for mitigation strategies to minimize ongoing and future outbreaks, understanding important characteristics of Zika outbreaks and how they vary
Del Valle, Sara Y., Manore, Carrie A., Pankavich, Stephen, Porter, Aaron T., Shutt, Deborah P.   +4 more
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Spatial and temporal dynamics of malaria transmission in rural western Kenya [PDF]

, 2012
: BACKGROUND: Understanding the impact of reducing Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission requires estimates of the relationship between health outcomes and exposure to infectious mosquitoes. However, measures of exposure such as mosquito density and
Amek, N., Bayoh, N., Gimnig, J., Hamel, M., Laserson, K. F., Lindblade, K. A., Odhiambo, F., Slutsker, L., Smith, T., Vounatsou, P.   +9 more
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The structure and behavioral patterns of the human population affected by ixodid tick bites in Irkutsk Region, Eastern Siberia, Russia

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
The bites of hard ticks are the major route of transmission of tick-borne infections to humans, causing thousands of cases of diseases worldwide. However, the characteristics of the human population that is exposed to tick bites are still understudied ...
Nadezhda A. Podkamennaya, Galina A. Danchinova, Natalia A. Liapunova, Innokentii S. Solovarov, Ekaterina K. Lagunova, Nadezhda V. Khamnueva, Vladimir Yu. Shubin, Marina V. Savelkaeva, Irina V. Petrova, Maxim A. Khasnatinov   +9 more
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Self inflicted human teeth bites: a case report

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2014
Human infighting has been a part of our civilization since times immemorial. These incidences may go unnoticed or may attract attention of law enforcing agencies depending upon the severity of the offence. Though weapons are generally employed to inflict
Satinder Pal Singh, Akashdeep Aggarwal, Sumeet Kaur, Dalbir Singh   +3 more
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Leishmaniasis worldwide and global estimates of its incidence. [PDF]

, 2012
As part of a World Health Organization-led effort to update the empirical evidence base for the leishmaniases, national experts provided leishmaniasis case data for the last 5 years and information regarding treatment and control in their respective ...
Alvar, Jorge, Bern, Caryn, Cano, Jorge, den Boer, Margriet, Desjeux, Philippe, Herrero, Mercé, Jannin, Jean, Vélez, Iván D, WHO Leishmaniasis Control Team   +8 more
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