ArticleInfection ecology & epidemiology2012
Zoonoses: a potential obstacle to the growing wildlife industry of Namibia.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A review of wildlife tourism and meta-analysis of parasitism in Africa's national parks and game reserves.Parasitology research · 2018Pooled it
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- Assessing Zoonotic Disease Exposure and Occupational Health and Safety Practices Among Veterinary Services Fieldworkers in North West Province, South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Characterising Biosecurity Initiatives Globally to Support the Development of a Progressive Management Pathway for Terrestrial Animals: A Scoping Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- The costs and benefits of primary prevention of zoonotic pandemics.Science advances · 2022Article
- COVID-19-Zoonosis or Emerging Infectious Disease?Frontiers in public health · 2020Article
- Seroprevalence ofSouthern African journal of infectious diseases · 2020Article
- Experimental screening studies on rabies virus transmission and oral rabies vaccination of the Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros).Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Chemical Composition, Antibacterial and Antifungal Activities of Crude Dittrichia viscosa (L.) Greuter Leaf Extracts.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017Article
- Species-specific PCR for the Diagnosis and Determination of Antibiotic Susceptibilities ofIranian journal of pathology · 2016Article
- Vector-borne diseases of small companion animals in Namibia: Literature review, knowledge gaps and opportunity for a One Health approach.Journal of the South African Veterinary Association · 2015Review
- Malaria endemicity and co-infection with tissue-dwelling parasites in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2015Review
- Challenges of Sanitary Compliance Related to Trade in Products of Animal Origin in Southern Africa.Italian journal of food safety · 2015Review
- Rabies in nonhuman primates and potential for transmission to humans: a literature review and examination of selected French national data.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2014Review
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Abstract
Zoonoses, which account for approximately 75% of emerging human infectious diseases worldwide, pose a re-emerging threat to public health. With an ever-increasing interrelationship between humans, livestock and wildlife species, the threat to human health will rise to unprecedented levels. Wildlife species contribute to the majority of emerging diseases; therefore, there is an urgent need to define control systems of zoonoses of wildlife origin but very little information exists. In this review, we examine prevalent zoonotic infections reported in Namibia between 1990 and 2009 and assess their potential impact on the growing wildlife industry. A wide spectrum of zoonotic diseases was confirmed in both livestock and wildlife species, with rabies and anthrax cases being over-represented and also showing the widest species distribution. Whilst vaccination and ante-mortem inspection against these diseases may curb infected livestock species from entering the human food chain, such practices are difficult to implement in free-ranging wildlife species. In this context, there is a need to improve existing control measures and/or develop novel and better interventional strategies to reduce the threat of this re-emerging global problem. This review provides the basis for initiating a multidisciplinary evidence-based approach to control zoonoses in countries with thriving wildlife and game farming.
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