2025
Community-based snakebite risk mapping for resource prioritisation in Eastern Province, Rwanda
Ediriweera D, Hakizimana D, Diggle P, Schurer J. Community-based snakebite risk mapping for resource prioritisation in Eastern Province, Rwanda. Transactions Of The Royal Society Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2025, 119: 310-316. PMID: 39749566, DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trae069.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSnakebite incidenceHealth worker trainingResource prioritisationEvidence-based decisionsEastern ProvinceResource-poor countriesHousehold visitsSnakebite preventionSnakebite eventsSurveillance of peopleSnakebite riskWorker trainingWell-trained personnelMedical emergencyHigh riskLow riskRisk mapsSnakebite envenomingRiskPrediction mapsSnakebitePrioritisationGeostatistical modelSpatial variationLow incidence
2024
Disentangling the influence of reservoir abundance and pathogen shedding on zoonotic spillover of the Leptospira agent in urban informal settlements
Soni N, Eyre M, Souza F, Diggle P, Ko A, Begon M, Pickup R, Childs J, Khalil H, Carvalho-Pereira T, Pertile A, Carvalho M, de Oliveira D, Nery N, Giorgi E, Costa F. Disentangling the influence of reservoir abundance and pathogen shedding on zoonotic spillover of the Leptospira agent in urban informal settlements. Frontiers In Public Health 2024, 12: 1447592. PMID: 39360250, PMCID: PMC11445007, DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1447592.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRat abundanceReservoir abundanceAbundance of ratsEnvironmentally transmitted diseasesVegetation land coverInfection riskSexually mature ratsHuman infection riskLive trapsUrban informal settlementsZoonotic spilloverLand coverSpatial variationHydrological factorsValley bottomTrack plateAbundanceHuman riskShedding rateMature ratsEco-epidemiological studiesLeptospira infectionSpillover transmissionSpatial distributionInformal settlements
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