4 results on '"VETERINARY epidemiology"'
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2. Surveillance for Emerging Biodiversity Diseases of Wildlife.
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Grogan, Laura F., Berger, Lee, Rose, Karrie, Grillo, Victoria, Cashins, Scott D., and Skerratt, Lee F.
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ANIMAL health surveillance , *BIODIVERSITY , *ANIMAL diseases , *ANIMAL populations , *VETERINARY epidemiology - Abstract
The authors evaluate the challenges and the inadequacies of surveillance techniques for emerging biodiversity diseases of wildlife. They discuss examples of diseases that have caused severe population impacts, barriers to effective surveillance for biodiversity diseases, and ways to promote effective implementation of surveillance programs. They suggest an integrated approach for effective surveillance.
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- 2014
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3. Leishmania enriettii (Muniz & Medina, 1948): A highly diverse parasite is here to stay
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Larissa F. Paranaiba, Ana Claudia Torrecilhas, Diego H. Macedo, Rodrigo P. Soares, Armando de Menezes-Neto, Wagner Luiz Tafuri, and Lucélia J. Pinheiro
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0301 basic medicine ,Pathogenesis ,Disease Vectors ,Pathology and Laboratory Medicine ,Pearls ,0302 clinical medicine ,Zoonoses ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,Leishmaniasis ,lcsh:QH301-705.5 ,Protozoans ,Leishmania ,Mammals ,biology ,Kinetoplastida ,Animal Models ,Infectious Diseases ,Experimental Organism Systems ,Host-Pathogen Interactions ,Vertebrates ,Neglected Tropical Diseases ,lcsh:Immunologic diseases. Allergy ,Phlebotominae ,Guinea Pigs ,030231 tropical medicine ,Immunology ,Cavia ,Zoology ,Research and Analysis Methods ,Rodents ,Microbiology ,Veterinary Epidemiology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Cutaneous leishmaniasis ,Virology ,parasitic diseases ,Parasitic Diseases ,Genetics ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Molecular Biology ,Protozoan Infections ,Organisms ,Biology and Life Sciences ,Tropical Diseases ,Veterinary Parasitology ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Leishmania enriettii ,Parasitic Protozoans ,Insect Vectors ,Sand Flies ,Sandfly ,Species Interactions ,030104 developmental biology ,Visceral leishmaniasis ,lcsh:Biology (General) ,Amniotes ,Veterinary Science ,Parasitology ,lcsh:RC581-607 - Abstract
Leishmaniases are a spectrum of diseases caused by protozoans from the genus Leishmania(Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) and are divided into 2 main clinical forms: tegumentary leishmaniasis (TL) and visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Transmission occurs after the bite of sandfly vectors (Diptera: Phlebotominae) when females take a blood meal from the vertebrate host [1]. In the New World, several species of Leishmania (~20) cause disease to man, the symptoms and epidemiology of which vary depending on species. However, there are species that are nonpathogenic to humans, such as L. enriettii. In 1946, Medina observed ear lesions in 2 farm-reared guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus [Rodentia: Cavida]) from the neighboring state of Sao Paulo. After lesion analysis, Leishmania was confirmed as the pathogen. The complete L. enriettii description was published by Muniz and Medina in 1948 at the Federal University of Parana, Brazil [2]. Although this species has been used as a model for cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), many aspects of its biology remain unknown. In the past 6 years, an increased interest has emerged after the finding of a similar isolate in the red kangaroo (Macrofus rufus) in Australia [3]. This article aims to summarize some of the most important publications on this unique pathogen. It demonstrates a high phenotypic plasticity, being able to infect different vertebrate hosts and vectors. It also discusses recent human and veterinary infections due to other L. enriettii complex members.
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4. Surveillance for emerging biodiversity diseases of wildlife
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Lee F. Skerratt, Victoria Grillo, Laura F. Grogan, Karrie Rose, Scott D. Cashins, and Lee Berger
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Opinion ,Evolutionary Processes ,Infectious Disease Control ,QH301-705.5 ,Epidemiology ,Immunology ,Population ,Biodiversity ,Wildlife ,Early detection ,Wildlife disease ,Global Health ,Microbiology ,Infectious Disease Epidemiology ,Veterinary Epidemiology ,Virology ,Zoonoses ,Genetics ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,Animals ,Public and Occupational Health ,Biology (General) ,Skin Diseases, Infectious ,education ,Molecular Biology ,Species Extinction ,Conservation Science ,education.field_of_study ,Disease surveillance ,Evolutionary Biology ,Ecology ,business.industry ,Environmental resource management ,Ecology and Environmental Sciences ,Biology and Life Sciences ,Integrated approach ,RC581-607 ,Geography ,Infectious Diseases ,Veterinary Diseases ,Infectious disease (medical specialty) ,Parasitology ,Veterinary Science ,Population Ecology ,Immunologic diseases. Allergy ,business ,Environmental Monitoring - Abstract
[Extract] Effective surveillance is crucial for early detection and successful mitigation of emerging diseases [1]. The current global approach to surveillance for wildlife diseases affecting biodiversity ("biodiversity diseases") is still inadequate as demonstrated by the slow characterization and response to the two recent devastating epidemics, chytridiomycosis and white-nose syndrome [2]–[5]. Current surveillance for wildlife disease usually targets diseases that affect humans or livestock, not those impacting wildlife populations. Barriers to effective surveillance for biodiversity diseases include a relative lack of social and political will and the inherent complexity and cost of implementing surveillance for multiple and diverse free-ranging populations. Here we evaluate these challenges and the inadequacies of current surveillance techniques, and we suggest an integrated approach for effective surveillance.
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- 2014
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