The European Union One Health 2023 Zoonoses report
Abstract This report by the European Food Safety Authority and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control presents the results of zoonoses monitoring and surveillance activities carried out in 2023 in 27 Member States (MSs), the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) and 10 non‐MSs. Key statistics on zoonoses and zoonotic agents in humans, food,
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)+1 more
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Food safety in Laos: status, current challenges and opportunities
Consumption of contaminated food is a preventable public health risk in Lao PDR and can be addressed with evidence based policies. Summary This article reviews available evidence on food safety and foodborne illness in Laos, especially as it relates to human nutrition. There is a distinct lack of research in Laos surrounding bacterial, viral, parasitic
Leah R. Thompson+4 more
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Seizures, cysticercosis and rural-to-urban migration: the PERU MIGRANT study. [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: To examine the prevalence of seizures, epilepsy and seropositivity to cysticercosis in rural villagers (cysticercosis-endemic setting), rural-to-urban migrants into a non-endemic urban shanty town and urban inhabitants of the same non-endemic
Cjuno, Alfredo+10 more
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Improved methods to capture the total societal benefits of zoonotic disease control : demonstrating the cost-effectiveness of an integrated control programme for Taenia solium, soil transmitted helminths and classical swine fever in northern Lao PDR [PDF]
Background : Control and elimination of zoonotic diseases requires robust information about their effect on both human and livestock health in order to enable policy formulation and the allocation of resources.
Allen, John+7 more
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Immunological responses in the mouse host to a cloned antigen of Taeniacrassiceps [PDF]
Adult female Swiss-Webster mice were immunized either intraperitoneally (IP) or subcutaneously (SQ) with cyst fluid or a genetically engineered fusion protein, Taenia carassiceps antigen 2-maltose binding protein (TCA2-MBP) from Taenia crassiceps ...
Hill, Dolores E., Zarlenga, Dante S.
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Environmental and Public Health Issues of Animal Food Products Delivery System in Imo State, Nigeria [PDF]
Information on livestock movement, animal food products processing facilities, meat inspection methods, official meat inspection records and distribution and marketing systems for processed products in Imo state, Nigeria needed for policy development ...
Okoli Chidi, Grace+3 more
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Bovine cysticercosis and its food safety implications in Harari People’s National Regional State, eastern Ethiopia [PDF]
Taenia saginata cysticercosis is one of the zoonotic diseases that threaten food safety and food security, particularly in developing countries. A cross-sectional study was conducted to estimate the prevalence and cyst distribution in infected cattle ...
Endrias Zewdu+2 more
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Factors Associated with Occurrence of Cysticercosis Among Wamena People's, at Jayawijaya District, Papua Province, in 2002 [PDF]
Cysticercosis is a disease caused by the larva of Taenia solium, the pig tapeworm, whereas taeniasis solium is caused by the adult worm, which lives in the small human intestines.
Hamid, A. (Abdulbar)+6 more
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Report on the evaluation of surveillance systems relevant to zoonotic diseases in Kenya, 2015: A basis for design of an integrated human–livestock surveillance system [PDF]
The Zoonoses in Livestock in Kenya (ZooLinK) is a project that seeks to enable Kenya develop an effective surveillance programme for zoonotic diseases (infectious diseases transmissible between animals and human beings).
Ndeda, C., Ngere, I., Omondi, M.
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Taenia solium cysticercosis in Eastern and Southern Africa: an emerging problem in agriculture and public health [PDF]
Pig production has increased tremendously in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA), particularly in smallholder rural communities. The increase in pig production has mainly been due to land scarcity, increase in pork consumption in many areas including urban
Afonso, S+21 more
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