2022
Strengthening global health security by improving disease surveillance in remote rural areas of low-income and middle-income countries
Worsley-Tonks KEL, Bender JB, Deem SL, Ferguson AW, Fèvre EM, Martins DJ, Muloi DM, Murray S, Mutinda M, Ogada D, Omondi GP, Prasad S, Wild H, Zimmerman DM, Hassell JM. Strengthening global health security by improving disease surveillance in remote rural areas of low-income and middle-income countries. The Lancet Global Health 2022, 10: e579-e584. PMID: 35303467, PMCID: PMC8923676, DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(22)00031-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMiddle-income countriesDisease surveillanceGlobal health securityNational surveillance systemRural areasHealth securityRemote rural areasRoutine exposureHealth careZoonotic diseaseCOVID-19 pandemicSurveillanceZoonotic disease surveillanceSurveillance effortsFrequent contactSurveillance systemRural communities
2021
A scoping review of rodent-borne pathogen presence, exposure, and transmission at zoological institutions
Hardgrove E, Zimmerman DM, von Fricken ME, Deem S. A scoping review of rodent-borne pathogen presence, exposure, and transmission at zoological institutions. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 2021, 193: 105345. PMID: 34090722, DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105345.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical outcomesRodent-borne pathogensInfectious agentsAggregate literatureBiological AbstractsFeeder rodentsStudy identifiersDiagnostic testsEarly detectionFinal analysisRodent reservoirsZoonotic diseaseAdditional screeningCAB AbstractsRodentsZoonotic pathogensDisease transmissionDiseaseExposureNumber of rodentsJob titlesPathogensSurveillancePathogen transmissionCollection animals
2020
Africa’s Nomadic Pastoralists and Their Animals Are an Invisible Frontier in Pandemic Surveillance
Hassell JM, Zimmerman D, Fèvre EM, Zinsstag J, Bukachi S, Barry M, Muturi M, Bett B, Jensen N, Ali S, Maples S, Rushton J, Tschopp R, Madaine YO, Abtidon RA, Wild H. Africa’s Nomadic Pastoralists and Their Animals Are an Invisible Frontier in Pandemic Surveillance. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2020, 103: 1777-1779. PMID: 32918410, PMCID: PMC7646752, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDetection of novel coronaviruses in bats in Myanmar
Valitutto MT, Aung O, Tun KYN, Vodzak ME, Zimmerman D, Yu JH, Win YT, Maw MT, Thein WZ, Win HH, Dhanota J, Ontiveros V, Smith B, Tremeau-Brevard A, Goldstein T, Johnson CK, Murray S, Mazet J. Detection of novel coronaviruses in bats in Myanmar. PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0230802. PMID: 32271768, PMCID: PMC7144984, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230802.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMiddle East respiratory syndromeSevere acute respiratory syndromeRespiratory syndromeAcute respiratory illnessAcute respiratory syndromeCoronavirus disease 2019Family of coronavirusesRespiratory illnessPolymerase chain reactionNovel betacoronavirusDisease 2019Vigilant surveillanceOral swabsConventional polymerase chain reactionViral detectionNovel coronavirusCausative agentChain reactionKnown coronavirusesSyndromeSurveillance activitiesCoronavirusNatural hostSurveillanceClose contact