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The evolution of parasite virulence under targeted culling and harvesting in wildlife and livestock
Evolutionary Applications, 2023 There is a clear need to understand the effect of human intervention on the evolution of infectious disease. In particular, culling and harvesting of both wildlife and managed livestock populations are carried out in a wide range of management practices,
Xander O'Neill, Andy White, Mike Boots
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Probable Person-to-Person Transmission of Legionnaires’ Disease [PDF]
, 2016 Correspondence to the Editor.Legionnaires’ disease is an often severe form of pneumonia that is typically acquired by susceptible persons (e.g., elderly persons and smokers) through inhalation of aerosols that contain legionella species.1-4 A cluster of ...
Almeida, Sónia +16 more
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Ehrlichiosis and Anaplasmosis among Transfusion and Transplant Recipients in the United States
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 Ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis are emerging tickborne diseases that can also be transmitted through blood transfusions or organ transplants. Since 2000, ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis cases in the United States have increased substantially, resulting in ...
Sanjida J. Mowla +5 more
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Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2019 Hybrid wild boar husbandry is an important component of livestock production in Northeast China. However, the current disease situation of these animals is largely unknown due to a lack of disease surveillance.
Huan-cheng GUO +12 more
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Source terms for benchmarking models of SARS-CoV-2 transmission via aerosols and droplets
Royal Society Open Science, 2022 There is ongoing and rapid advancement in approaches to modelling the fate of exhaled particles in different environments relevant to disease transmission. It is important that models are verified by comparison with each other using a common set of input
Marc E. J. Stettler +18 more
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Effects of regional differences and demography in modelling foot-and-mouth disease in cattle at the national scale [PDF]
, 2019 Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a fast-spreading viral infection that can produce large and costly outbreaks in livestock populations. Transmission occurs at multiple spatial scales, as can the actions used to control outbreaks. The US cattle industry is
Beck-Johnson, Lindsay M. +9 more
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Integrated Serologic Surveillance of Population Immunity and Disease Transmission. [PDF]
, 2018 Antibodies are unique among biomarkers in their ability to identify persons with protective immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases and to measure past exposure to diverse pathogens. Most infectious disease surveillance maintains a single-disease focus,
Arnold, Benjamin F +3 more
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Zhongguo gonggong weishengObjectiveTo understand the correlation between the incidence of varicella and meteorological factors in Jiangxi province from 2015 to 2021, and to provide a reference for meteorological prediction and early warning of varicella incidence.
Xing YE +4 more
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, 2016 Recent work has attempted to use whole-genome sequence data from pathogens to reconstruct the transmission trees linking infectors and infectees in outbreaks.
Britton, Tom +3 more
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Household Transmission of Rotavirus in a Community with Rotavirus Vaccination in Quininde, Ecuador [PDF]
, 2013 Background: We studied the transmission of rotavirus infection in households in peri-urban Ecuador in the vaccination era. Methods: Stool samples were collected from household contacts of child rotavirus cases, diarrhea controls and healthy controls ...
AT Curns +30 more
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