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Reemergence of New World Screwworm at the Wildlife–Livestock-Human Interface: Implications for Biodiversity, Wildlife Health Surveillance, and One Health
Lucy KEATTS (1), Luis GUERRA (2), Jeremy RADACHOWSKY (2), Jorge ROJAS (3,4), Rony GARCIA (5), Jonathan PEREZ-FLORES (6), Christian WALZER (1), Diego MONTECINO-LATORRE (1), 1: Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Health Program;
2: Wildlife Conservation Society, Mesoamerica and Western Caribbean Regional Program;
3: Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA;
4: TapirVet Project, San José, Costa Rica;
5: Wildlife Conservation Society, Guatemala Country Program, Flores, Guatemala;
6: El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Clues from persistent morbillivirus infections in dolphins for the molecular pathogenesis of SSPE in humans
Melvin DANIEL ROJI (1), Laura MARTINO (2), Kristin LAUDELEY (1), Mariano DOMINGO (2), Albert DME OSTERHAUS (1), Martin LUDLOW (1), 1: Research Center for Emerging Infections and Zoonoses, University of Veterinary Medicine, Foundation, Hannover, Germany;
2: Departament de Sanitat i Anatomia Animal, Facultat de Veterniària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
Restoring healthy landscapes to prevent zoonotic and vector-borne diseases: building on evidence to inform restoration policy and practice
Maria Jose LOPEZ JARA (1,2), Raquel CARVALHO (3), Marcelo BOVI (3), Sarah OLSON (4), Skylar HOPKINS (5), Nicole GOTTDENKER (6), Lucinda KILKPATRICK (7), Frauke ECKE (8), Felicia KEESING (9), Christina FAUST (2), Dan SALKELD (10), Nicola WARDROP (11), Samraj SAHAY (1), Samantha DAVALOS SEGURA (12), Natalia ALEKSEEVA (12), Anjana VARMA (13), Lauren HOLIAN (1), Ellie KIRKE (1), Sebastian BOTERO (1), Claudia TAN (1), Jessica FISHER (1), Warren LAVEY (1), Ted LAWRENCE (1), Willow OUTHWAITE (11), Marianela ARAYA QUESADA (14), Regina KIPPER (14), Carina MUTSCHELE (12), Leandro TAMBOSI (15), Zachary DVORNICKY-RAYMOND (1), Marcela UHART (1,16), Tiggy GRILLO (1,17), Paula PRIST (1), 1: International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN);
2: The University of Glasgow, United Kingdom;
3: University of São Paulo, Brazil;
4: Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), United States of America;
5: North Carolina State University, United States of America;
6: Odum School of Ecology, United States of America;
7: Bangor University, United Kingdom;
8: University of Helsinki, Finland;
9: Bard College, United States of America;
10: Colorado State University, United States of America;
11: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), United Kingdom;
12: United Nation Environment Program (UNEP);
13: Nature4Health;
14: Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD);
15: Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC), Brazil;
16: University of California, Davis, United States of America;
17: Wildlife Health Australia (WHA)
From livestock loss to cultural distress and ecosystem degradation: a gender responsive One Health assessment of an extreme winter disaster (dzud) in Mongolia's Eastern Steppe
Julie GARNIER (1,2), Batkhishig BAIVAL (2), Tsermaa NYAMDAVAA (3), Indra TUMUR (4), Vandandorj SUMIYA (4), Batsaikhan SODNOM (5), Kevin QUEENAN (6), Isobel GABAIN (6), Barbara HÄSLER (6), Richard KOCK (6), 1: Odyssey Conservation Trust, United Kingdom;
2: Resilient Threads project, Mongolia;
3: National University of Mongolia, Mongolia;
4: Sustainable Fibre Alliance, Mongolia;
5: World Organisation for Animal Health, France;
6: Royal Veterinary College, UK
Compound heat-drought events as datable early-warning signals for arbovirus outbreaks: causal evidence from Northeast Brazi
Mattheus RODRIGUES DA SILVA (1), Tatiane ALMEIDA DE MENEZES (1), Rafaela Camila DA SILVA FERREIRA (1), Celina Maria TURCHI MARTELLI (2), Noêmia TEIXEIRA DE SIQUEIRA-FILHA (3), 1: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil;
2: Instituto Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Brazil;
3: University of York, Reino Unido
Genomic surveillance reveals zoonotic, foodborne, and WHO priority pathogens along the African–European bushmeat trade supply chain
Daniel PIRES (1,2), Emilie LECOMPTE (1), Sophie GOOMBER (3,4), Casimir NEBESSE (5), Douglas AKAIBE (5), Dudu AKAIBE (5), Pascal BAELO (5), Anne-Lise CHABER (6), Guy-Crispin GEMBU (5), Léa JOFFRIN (7), Anne LAUDISOIT (7,8), Nicolas LAURENT (11), Herwig LEIRS (7), Claude MANDE (5,7), Joachim MARIËN (7,9), Steve NGOY (5), Ann VANDERHEYDEN (4), Rianne VAN VREDENDAAL (7), Erik VERHEYEN (4,7), Agostinho ANTUNES (2,10), Sophie GRYSEELS (4,7), Philippe GAUBERT (1,2), 1: Université de Toulouse, Toulouse INP, CNRS, IRD, Centre de Recherche sur la Biodiversité et l’Environnement (CRBE), Bâtiment 4R1, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France;;
2: CIIMAR/CIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos, s/n, 4450-208 Porto, Portugal;;
3: Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland;;
4: OD Taxonomy and Phylogeny (BopCo), Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium;;
5: Centre de Surveillance de la Biodiversité (CSB), University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo;;
6: School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia;;
7: Evolutionary Ecology group, Department Biology, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium;;
8: Nature Health Global, Tallman, New York, United States of America;;
9: Virus Ecology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium;;
10: Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal;
11: Open University of The Netherlands, Environmental Sciences dpt. Heerlen, The Netherlands.
One Health Implementation in the ECOWAS Region (2023 to 2025): Strong Institutional Commitment, Fragmented Operationalization
Samanta DJALO (1), Céline MBILO (2), Victor FATIMEHIN (1), Babacar FALL (1), Eugene KOFFI (3), Fatima ZANNA (2), Hassane ADAKAL (3), Mamadou DIARRASSOUBA (1), 1: Regional Centre for Surveillance and Disease Control, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS);
2: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ);
3: Regional Animal Health Center, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)