Rudovick Kazwala

TL;DR: By using endogenous retroviruses as genetic markers, it is found that sheep differentiated on the basis of their “retrotype” and morphological traits dispersed across Eurasia and Africa via separate migratory episodes.

TL;DR: It is concluded that there are no insurmountable problems to canine rabies control in most of Africa; that elimination of dog rabies is epidemiologically and practically feasible through mass vaccination of domestic dogs; and that domestic dog vaccination provides a cost-effective approach to the prevention and elimination of human rabies deaths.

TL;DR: Advances in key zoonotic disease areas and the One Health capacity needs are highlighted.

TL;DR: A human case-control study was conducted in northern Tanzania, comparing risk factors and prevalence of cattle interdermal test positives of cases (cervical adenitis cases from which M. bovis was isolated) with age- and sex-matched controls and cattle populations, finding that villages that experienced annual flooding had a higher prevalence of infection.

TL;DR: The study concludes that assisting an aborting animal, proximity to neighborhoods, and Christianity were associated with brucellosis infection and there was no association between human Brucellosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) serostatus.