Human benefits of animal interventions for zoonosis control (Publications)
Although industrialized countries have been able to contain recent outbreaks of zoonotic diseases, many resource-limited and transitioning countries have not been able to react adequately. The key for
Landfills in Jiangsu province, China, and potential threats for public health: Leachate appraisal and spatial analysis using geographic information... (Publications)
Waste disposal is of growing environmental and public health concern in China where landfilling is the predominant method of disposal. The assessment of potential health hazards posed by existing land
Effect of strategic gastrointestinal nematode control on growth of N'Dama cattle in Gambia (Publications)
From October 1989 to December 1994, a longitudinal study on the control of gastrointestinal nematodes was done on 1000 N'Dama cattle in 20 private herds in Gambia. Each herd was divided into two group
Prolonged suppression of trichostrongyle egg output of N'Dama cattle by a single larvicidal treatment (Publications)
Gambian village cattle herds were treated with a single dose of ivermectine (Ivomec, MSD-AGVET Inc. 1 ml/50 kg body weight) during the dry season. This treatment suppressed the trichostrongyle egg ris
Evaluation of decontamination methods and growth media for primary isolation of <em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em> from surgical specimens (Publications)
We evaluated four decontamination methods and one nondecontamination procedure in combination with four egg-based media for the primary isolation of Mycobacterium ulcerans from tissue specimens. With
A review of geographic information system and remote sensing with applications to the epidemiology and control of schistosomiasis in China (Publications)
Geographic information system (GIS) and remote sensing (RS) technologies offer new opportunities for rapid assessment of endemic areas, provision of reliable estimates of populations at risk, predicti