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Controlling banana bunchy top disease in Benin: Crop protection strategies with socio‐economic perspectives

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Banana and plantain are vital for food security and income in West Africa, yet banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) threatens production. This study combined remote sensing, field surveys, modelling and socio‐economic analysis to assess BBTV spread and control strategies in Benin.
Renata Retkute, Martine Zandjanakou‐Tachin, Bonaventure Aman Omondi, Ulrich Roland Agoi, Yaovi Marc Vodounou, Hermine Akofodji, Evrard Akpla, Laurence Dossou, Emiline Médénou, Alban Etchiha, Alphonse Attadéou, P. Lava Kumar, John E. Thomas, Christopher A. Gilligan   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improved malaria case management through the implementation of a health facility-based sentinel site surveillance system in Uganda.

PLoS ONE, 2011
BackgroundHeath facility-based sentinel site surveillance has been proposed as a means of monitoring trends in malaria morbidity but may also provide an opportunity to improve malaria case management.
Asadu Sserwanga, Jamal C Harris, Ruth Kigozi, Manoj Menon, Hasifa Bukirwa, Anne Gasasira, Stella Kakeeto, Fred Kizito, Ebony Quinto, Denis Rubahika, Sussann Nasr, Scott Filler, Moses R Kamya, Grant Dorsey   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Monitoring feral pigs (Sus scrofa): Complementarity between autonomous sensing methods increases detection probability

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Invasive alien species are a major threat for biodiversity worldwide and effective monitoring is paramount to inform management. In this study we used a multi‐season occupancy model to assess probability of detection between camera traps and passive acoustic recorders for feral pigs (Sus scrofa) during 1 year of data collection.
Marina D. A. Scarpelli, Stewart Macdonald, Maryam Golchin, Simon Linke, Jens G. Froese   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Interactional Pathways of Mass Killings: Toward a Novel Understanding of Rampage School Shootings

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Rampage school shootings, where students go to their own school to randomly kill classmates, teachers, friends, and strangers, are among the most drastic types of human behavior. While research increasingly points to interaction dynamics as being key for the emergence of crime and violence, scholars have not yet systematically studied interaction ...
Anne Nassauer
wiley   +1 more source

Brief behavioural surveys in routine HIV sentinel surveillance: a new tool for monitoring the HIV epidemic in Viet Nam

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2015
In this report we describe a new approach in HIV sentinel surveillance that was piloted in Viet Nam in 2009 and is currently being rolled out in all provinces.
Duong Cong Thanh, Nguyen Tran Hien, Nguyen Anh Tuan, Hoang Thi Thanh Ha, Pham Hong Thang, Nguyen Thi Thanh Ha, Le Anh Tuan, Tran Dai Quang, Tran Hong Tram, Nguyen Le Hai, Phan Thi Thu Huong, Vo Hai Son, Bui Hoang Duc, Nguyen Thien Nga, David Jacka, Keith Sabin   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reusing health records from farm animal practices at scale: A potential complementary method of surveillance

Veterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Disease in primary care frequently represents a surveillance blind spot, particularly for diseases affecting farm animals. Methods Electronic health records (EHRs) were collected from four farm animal veterinary practices in Wales (February 2024‒January 2025) as part of a pilot study.
Beverley Hopkins, Peers Davies, Peter‐John Noble, Anna Bunford‐Davies, April Lawson, Gina Pinchbeck, Ifan Lloyd, Robert Smith, Alan D. Radford   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of Senegal’s prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) program data for HIV surveillance

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background With the expansion of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) services in Senegal, there is growing interest in using PMTCT program data in lieu of conducting unlinked anonymous testing (UAT)-based ANC Sentinel Surveillance.
Ousmane Diouf, Astou Gueye-Gaye, Moussa Sarr, Abdou Salam Mbengue, Christopher S. Murrill, Jacob Dee, Papa Ousmane Diaw, Ndeye Fatou Ngom-Faye, Pape Amadou Niang Diallo, Carlos Suarez, Massaer Gueye, Aminata Mboup, Coumba Toure-Kane, Souleymane Mboup   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Reservoir dogs’: The emerging zoonotic risk associated with European dog imports to the UK

Veterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The movement of dogs from continental Europe to the UK poses a growing public health threat due to the associated risk of disease incursions. Current legislation is insufficient to address the risks and pre‐import control measures are focused only on rabies virus and the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. Methods We conducted
Poppy Simonson, Tapan Bhattacharyya, Michael A. Miles   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tanzania Malaria Indicator Surveys 2001 - 2008:\ud Morbidity Indicators and Coverage of Major\ud Malaria Prevention and Control Interventions [PDF]

, 2010
Background\ud \ud Malaria continues to be a major public health problem in Africa. In Tanzania alone, thereare an estimated 17 to 20 million malaria cases per year resulting in approximately100,000 deaths.
Lengeler, Christian, Lottner,, Jeanne
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Evaluation of the sentinel yellow fever surveillance system in Uganda, 2017–2022: strengths and weaknesses

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Uganda has a sentinel surveillance system in seven high-risk sites to monitor yellow fever (YF) patterns and detect outbreaks. We evaluated the performance of this system from 2017 to 2022.
Mercy Wendy Wanyana, Patrick King, Richard Migisha, Benon Kwesiga, Paul Edward Okello, Daniel Kadobera, Lilian Bulage, Joshua Kayiwa, Annet Martha Nankya, Alex Riolexus Ario, Julie R. Harris   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source