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This program stream focuses on studying wildlife disease transmission by describing natural systems, identifying risk factors for transmission and identifying the natural history of disease. Infectious agents of wildlife represent an increasing proportion of emerging infectious diseases in humans and livestock, a phenomenon that is widely attributed to increased exposure associated with ecological change. Hendra virus, Nipah virus, Australian bat lyssavirus, and Japanese encephalitis virus are recent examples in the Australasian region.
Flying foxes are natural hosts of several recently emerged viruses of animal and human health significance such as Hendra virus and Nipah virus.
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Meassuring the head of a fruitbat to assess its health. |
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Briese T, Renwick N, van den Berg M, Jarman R, Ghosh D, Köndgen S, Shrestha S, Mette-Hoegh A, Casas-Flecha I, Adjogoua EV, Akoua-Koffi C, Saw-Myin K, Williams DT, Chidlow G, Calvo C, Palacios G, Kapoor V, Villari J, Harnett G, Smith D, Mackenzie JS, Ellerbrok H, Schweiger B, Schønning K, Chaddha M, Leendertz FH, Mishra AC, Gibbons R, Venter M, Holmes EC and Lipkin WI (2008) A recently identified picornavirus genotype contributes to acute respiratory disease worldwide. Emerging Infectious Diseases 14 (6): 944-947.
Hayman DTS, Suu-Ire R, Breed AC, McEachern JA, Wang L-F, Wood J and Cunningham AA (2008) Evidence of Henipavirus infection in West African fruit bats. PLoS ONE 3(7): e2739.
Cui J, Han N, Streicker D, Li G, Tang X, Shi Z, Hu Z, Zhao G, Fontanet A, Guan Y, Wang L-F, Jones G, Field HE, Daszak P and Zhang S (2007) Evolutionary relationships between bat coronaviruses and their hosts. Emerging Infectious Diseases 13: 1526-1531.
van den Hurk A, Johnson P, Hall-Mendelin S, Northill J, Simmons R, Jansen C, Frances S, Smith G and Ritchie S (2007) Expectoration of flaviviruses during sugar feeding by mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) Journal of Medical Entomology 44: 845-850. |