Objective The rural/peri-urban interface can sustain high rodent populations, increasing the public health risks from zoonosis. The epidemiology of many zoonotic diseases is poorly understood, and management strategies have met with little success. The project will investigate the sanitary risks linked to the proximity of rodents in rural/peri-urban areas of Africa. The disease prevalence and livelihood constraints will be measured for plague, leptospirosis and toxoplasmosis, chosen for their variety of clinical manifestations and transmission routes. Ecological and anthropogenic factors responsible for transmission will be identified and the infection dynamics within the hosts and from the hosts to humans will be studied. GIS-based predictive and simulative tools will be developed for modelling transmission risks and the subsequent testing of cost-effective and sustainable control strategies aimed at reducing the sanitary risk associated with zoonosis. Fields of science medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic healthepidemiologyzoonosis Programme(s) FP5-INCO 2 - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Confirming the international role of Community research,1998-2002" Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator NATURAL RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED EU contribution No data Address Central Avenue ME4 4TB CHATHAM United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all DANISH PEST INFESTATION LABORATORY Denmark EU contribution No data Address Skovbrynet 14 2800 LYNGBY See on map Total cost No data HARARE CITY HEALTH Zimbabwe EU contribution No data Address Simon Mazorodze Road HARARE See on map Total cost No data NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE South Africa EU contribution No data Address Corner of Hospital and de Korte Streets, Braamfont 2000 JOHANNESBURG See on map Total cost No data NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH Mozambique EU contribution No data Address Av. Eduardo Mondlane / Salvador Allende MAPUTO See on map Total cost No data PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE Zimbabwe EU contribution No data Address 5th Street Extension CAUSEWAY HARARE See on map Total cost No data ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE Netherlands EU contribution No data Address 39,Meibergdreef 39 1105 AZ AMSTERDAM See on map Total cost No data SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE Tanzania EU contribution No data Address MOROGORO See on map Total cost No data SYNGENTA/ZENECA LTD Zimbabwe EU contribution No data Address 26 Nuffield Road, Workington HARARE See on map Total cost No data Universitair Centrum Antwerpen - Universiteit Antwerpen Belgium EU contribution No data Address Groenenborgenlaan 171 2020 ANVERS /ANTWERPEN See on map Total cost No data
