Great to see our review piece out today in the journal @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social

Using the microbiota to study connectivity at human–animal interfaces

doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...

#interface
#livestock
#wildlife
#OneHealth

@ilri.org @livuniresearch.bsky.social @livuni-ives.bsky.social

Just out from One Earth Cell Press 'Voices', sharing thoughts from colleagues answering

"How has anthropogenic environmental disturbance impacted the likelihood of disease outbreaks?"

Read it here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kyNi_wvRV...

@livuni-ives.bsky.social @ilri.org

Our co-authored paper led by collaborator Meredith Van Acker @ucriverside.bsky.social & Smithsonian

A Novel Nobecovirus in an Epomophorus wahlbergi Bat
doi.org/10.3390/v170...

Non zoonotic but surveillance efforts required

(Photo of Epomophorus wahlberg by Peter Vos (lnkd.in/ee4Q9Yq9)

Proud of our Maurice Karani for this latest paper out today:

Demography of owned dogs across an East African continuum of high-low human density

doi.org/10.1016/j.pr...

Dog ecology relating to #rabies control

@ilri.org @livuni-ives.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social @uoe-eid.bsky.social

Our newest output on #antibiotic use and access in poultry farming systems in Kenya

doi.org/10.1016/j.on...

@ilri.org
@livuni-ives.bsky.social
@wsuvetmed.bsky.social
etc al

#AMR
#StopSuperbugs
#OneHealth
Funded by the FlemingFund

Just out: A framework for managing infectious diseases in rural areas in low- and middle-income countries in the face of climate change—East Africa as a case study

doi.org/10.1371/jour...

@ilri.org @livuni-ives.bsky.social @jameshassell.bsky.social @pasteur.fr and others

Our amazing team @livuni-ives.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social @ilri-cgiar.bsky.social published a range of papers focused on disease transmission at environmental, human and other animal interfaces in 2024. Here are some of those animals in different settings...

Now formally in print

Salmonella carriage by geckos detected within households in Malawi #onehealth

doi.org/10.1016/j.on...

@livunihls.bsky.social @livuni-ives.bsky.social @ilri-cgiar.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @lstmnews.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social etal

Our 2022 seminal paper is being promoted by
EuropePMC, so we're sharing it again here:

Population genomics of Escherichia coli in livestock-keeping households across a rapidly developing urban landscape

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

@naturemicrobiol.bsky.social

Diagnostic confirmation of suspected rabid dogs in a community; sequencing showing a regional level of mixing and transmission. Community surveillance+enhanced diagnostic testing can work

doi.org/10.1111/zph....

Our latest collab paper: Integrated Community-Based Reporting & Field Diagnosis for Rabies Surveillance in Rural Laikipia, Kenya

doi.org/10.1111/zph....

@ilri-cgiar.bsky.social @livuninews.bsky.social @livuni-ives.bsky.social @uoe-eid.bsky.social @missionrabies.bsky.social etal

The International Livestock Research Institute @ilri-cgiar.bsky.social which has nurtured and hosted our team for 15 years, itself turns 50 this year. Here is the big group photo!

Our #onehealth team is back in the field in southern Kenya, sampling, humans, livestock and different components of the environment. Recent rains make for a white blanket on Kilimanjaro @ilri-cgiar.bsky.social @livuni-ives.bsky.social

The Zoonotic and Emerging Disease group is here on BlueSky. We're reassessing our whole online presence and social media engagement, so watch this space for more.