About Us

The section of epidemiology is lead by Prof. Paul Torgerson in collaboration with three senior research assistants. We are involved in many projects at the university of Zurich and elsewere. The collaborators working in our offices at the Tierspital in Zürich are listed on the Staff page.
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Our Publications on ZORA
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Publications
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Household satisfaction with health services and response strategies to malaria in mountain communities of Uganda. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 119(1):85-96.
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Understanding and Developing Strategies for Managing Human-Macaque Interaction in Thailand Using a Participatory and One Health Approach. 2025, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
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Leptospirosis—Improving Healthcare Outcomes for a Neglected Tropical Disease. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 12(2):ofaf035.
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Socio-economic assessment of dog population management systems: a scoping review. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 12:1519913.
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Anatomical, functional, and blood-born predictors of severity of brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome severity in French Bulldogs. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 11:1486440.
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Leptospira seroprevalence and associated risk factors among slaughterhouse workers in Western Bahr El Ghazal State, South Sudan. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18(12):e0012700.
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Global and regional prediction of heterakidosis population prevalence in extensive backyard chickens in low-income and middle-income countries. Veterinary Parasitology, 332:110329.
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The burden and distribution of cystic echinococcosis in Bhutan: a retrospective study. Parasitology, 151(13):1432-1440.
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Relationship between radiation dose and cerebral microbleed formation in dogs with intracranial tumors. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 38(6):3182-3192.
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Interexaminer agreement of gonioscopy examinations in dogs using the European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists Hereditary Eye Diseases grading scheme. Veterinary Ophthalmology:Epub ahead of print.
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Diagnostic serology test comparison for Q fever and Rift Valley fever in humans and livestock from pastoral communities. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18(10):e0012300.
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Global and regional prediction of coccidiosis and ascaridiosis prevalence in extensive backyard chickens in low-income and middle-income countries. Veterinary Parasitology, 331:110268.
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Seroprevalence of Rickettsia Spp. and Orientia tsutsugamushi in Indigenous Populations from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 24(10):641-648.
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All that glitters is not gold: An interpretive framework for diagnostic test evaluation using Ascaris lumbricoides as a conceptual example. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18(9):e0012481.
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Global losses due to dairy cattle diseases: A comorbidity-adjusted economic analysis. Journal of Dairy Science, 107(9):6945-6970.
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Economic losses due to foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Ethiopian cattle. Preventive veterinary medicine, 230:106276.