Modular process risk models for better management of Cryptosporidium parvum - An emerging zoonotic pathogen

cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.coverage.countryKenyaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KEen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.creator.identifierDelia Grace: 0000-0002-0195-9489en_US
cg.creator.identifierThomas Fitz Randolph: 0000-0003-1849-9877en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.4314/bahpa.v56i1.32825en_US
cg.issn0378-9721en_US
cg.issue1en_US
cg.journalBulletin of Animal Health and Production in Africaen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL HEALTHen_US
cg.subject.ilriDISEASE CONTROLen_US
cg.subject.ilriZOONOTIC DISEASESen_US
cg.volume56en_US
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Deliaen_US
dc.contributor.authorRandolph, Thomas F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKaranja, N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKang'ethe, Erastus K.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-03-17T18:18:16Zen_US
dc.date.available2010-03-17T18:18:16Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/818en_US
dc.titleModular process risk models for better management of Cryptosporidium parvum - An emerging zoonotic pathogenen_US
dcterms.abstractCryptosporidium parvum is an emerging disease which is of particular concern because of its ability to contaminate milk, food-crops and water sources; to persist in the environment; to survive water treatment including chlorination; and to cause serious and sometimes fatal disease in children and the immuno-compromised. Understanding of disease epidemiology is rapidly advancing but uncertainties remain especially concerning the relative importance of zoonotic and anthroponotic transmission. A study is being carried out in Dagoretti in Nairobi to evaluate the contribution of urban dairying to disease burden and some preliminary results related to the risk analysis component are reported in this paper. The study is being carried in a population of around 1,000 urban cattle-keepers and their neighbours, with data collected at cow, farm, household and environmental levels. This paper details the construction, analysis and interpretation of process diagrams in order to show spatial and temporal linkages between pathogen, reservoir host, environment and populations. We show how by incorporating and modelling pathogen survival information, process diagrams allow greater understanding of the risk of disease and better targeting of interventions to successfully manage Cryptosporidium parvum in urban Kenya.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.available2008-06-27en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGrace, D., Randolph, T.F., Karanja, N. and Kang’ethe, E. 2008. Modular process risk models for better management of Cryptosporidium parvum - An emerging zoonotic pathogen. Bulletin of Animal Health and Production in Africa 56(1): 13-18.en_US
dcterms.extentp. 13-18en_US
dcterms.issued2008-01en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.publisherAfrican Journals Onlineen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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