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2026
article
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Elli Rosa Jolma, Antoine Grenier-Journe, Ana Born‐Torrijos, David W. Thieltges et autres
Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of heatwaves with potential consequences for host–parasite dynamics. While the acute heat tolerance of free-living organisms has been intensively studied, much less is known about it for parasites and their life cycle stages. We …
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2026
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L. Zenke, E. R. Jolma, A. (Ana) Born-Torrijos, D.W. Thieltges et autres
Short-term thermal stress during heatwaves can potentially affect the transmission of parasites by increasing mortality of infective stages. Using the critical thermal maximum approach (CTmax), commonly used in free-living species, we exposed trematode cercariae of three marine species (Cryptocotyle lingua, Himasthla elongata, …
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2026
dissertation
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Ronald Melendez Arce, FAH – One Health Epidemiology, FAH Veterinaire Epidemiologie, Arjan Stegeman et autres
Taken together, the findings of this thesis demonstrate that PRRSV in Costa Rica is a multifactorial problem in which viral diversity, epidemiological patterns, farm management, and economic pressures interact to sustain endemicity. While each chapter addresses a different aspect of the disease, …
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2026
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Martijn H H Schoot Uiterkamp, Willian van Dijk, Hans Heesterbeek, Remco van der Hofstad et autres
In this paper, we present a simple method to integrate risk-contact data, obtained via digital contact monitoring (DCM) apps, in conventional compartmental transmission models. During the recent COVID-19 pandemic, many such data have been collected for the first time via newly developed …
2026
dissertation
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Takele Beyene Tufa, FAH – One Health Epidemiology, FAH theoretische epidemiologie, Arjan Stegeman et autres
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global health crisis that threatens public health, food security, and economic sustainability. The widespread and often inappropriate antimicrobial use (AMU) in livestock plays an important role in the development of AMR. This thesis employed a multidisciplinary …
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2026
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Matteo Buffoni, Egil A.J. Fischer, Javier DelaFuente, Alvaro San Millan et autres
Plasmids are key vectors in the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes. Within Escherichia coli, IncI1 plasmids carrying blaCTX-M-1 significantly contribute to extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) resistance. To investigate their zoonotic dissemination potential, we compared the conjugative transfer rates, post-transfer stability, and short-term evolution …
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2025
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R. N. Thompson, S. Bansal, H. Clapham, Louise Dyson et autres
Early in an infectious disease outbreak, key policy questions include whether and how the outbreak can be brought under control. In the epidemiological modelling literature, analyses of outbreak controllability have often focused on metrics such as reproduction numbers (which quantify the number …
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2025
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Matheus de O. Costa, Roman Nosach, Maite H.M. de Almeida, FAH – One Health Epidemiology et autres
Porcine ear necrosis (PEN) (also referred to as ear-tip necrosis, ETN) is a syndrome of global presence and unclear aetiology. Initially reported in the 1950s, many different infectious and non-infectious causes have been suggested as the causative(s) agent(s), but none has been …
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2025
dissertation
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Imke Vredenberg, FAH – One Health Epidemiology, FAH theoretische epidemiologie, Arjan Stegeman et autres
Infectious animal diseases such as Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Bluetongue, Avian Influenza, and emerging zoonoses pose a major threat to animal and public health, food security, and trade. Effective disease surveillance is critical to early detect disease outbreaks, minimize health risks, and economic impact. …
2025
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Yao Shi, FAH – One Health Epidemiology, FAH theoretische epidemiologie, Arjan Stegeman et autres
The emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance warrant novel strategies to prevent and treat bacterial infections. Bacterial surface glycans, which serve as a protective layer around the bacteria and function as an important physical interface between host and pathogen, have proven to …
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2025
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Jasper het Lam, Anouk Veldhuis, Erik van Engelen, E. van Garderen et autres
Respiratory tract infections remain a major challenge in cattle production, particularly in calves, but increasingly in adult dairy cows. Over the past decade, outbreaks of fatal Mannheimia haemolytica fibrinous pleuropneumonia (FPP) emerged in dairy herds in the Netherlands, with similar occurrences reported …
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2025
preprint
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Bastiaan R. Van der Roest, Don Klinkenberg, Egil A.J. Fischer, Martin Bootsma et autres
Understanding which types of contact drive pathogen transmission is critical for outbreak control. Traditionally, inference of transmission events with contact tracing or network analyses is used to identify high-risk contacts. Inference based on genetic data might offer higher accuracy on identifying the …