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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Knowledge integration in One Health policy formulation, implementation and evaluation Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 96, 211–218. https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.17.202705
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Effects of hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 on serum creatinine concentration and development of acute kidney injury in nonazotemic cats Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 31, 1749–1756. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.14813
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Variation in fat content between liver lobes and comparison with histopathological scores in dairy cows with fatty liver BMC Veterinary Research, 13, 98. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-017-1004-9
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Population structure and virulence gene profiles of Streptococcus agalactiae collected worldwide from different hosts (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-149227
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Toxocariasis in Africa: a One Health perspective Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 20, 3–4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2017.11.001
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Evaluating diagnostic tests for bovine tuberculosis in the southern part of Germany: A latent class analysis PLoS ONE, 12, e0179847. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179847
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Wild type agr-negative livestock-associated MRSA exhibits high adhesive capacity to human and porcine cells Research in Microbiology, 168, 130–138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resmic.2016.09.006
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A blueprint to evaluate one health Frontiers in Public Health, 5, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00020
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Comparison between Generalized Linear Modelling and Additive Bayesian Network; Identification of Factors associated with the Incidence of Antibodies against Leptospira interrogans sv Pomona in Meat Workers in New Zealand Acta Tropica, 173, 191–199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.04.034
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Echinococcosis: control and prevention Advances in Parasitology, 96, 55–158. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.apar.2016.09.002
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The need for European OneHealth/EcoHealth networks Archives of Public Health, 75, 64. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-017-0232-6
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Parasites of farmed marals in Kazakhstan Small Ruminant Research, 153, 142–145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smallrumres.2017.06.011
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Roadmap to a One Health agenda 2030 CABI Revies, 12, 014. https://doi.org/10.1079/PAVSNNR201712014
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Canine leptospirosis in Switzerland—A prospective cross-sectional study examining seroprevalence, risk factors and urinary shedding of pathogenic leptospires Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 141, 48–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2017.04.008
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Attribution of global foodborne disease to specific foods: findings from a World Health Organization structured expert elicitation PLoS ONE, 12, e0183641. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0183641
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Ist die plastische Deformation der proximalen Tibia ein Faktor bei der Pathogenese des vorderen Kreuzbandrisses des Hundes? (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-140504
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DALYs, dollars and dogs: How best to analyse the economics of controlling zoonoses OIE Scientific and Technical Review, 36, 147–161. https://doi.org/10.20506/rst.36.1.2618
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Cross-sectional serological survey for leptospira spp. in beef and dairy cattle in two districts in Uganda International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14, 1421. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14111421
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Data on Leptospira interrogans sv Pomona infection in Meat Workers in New Zealand Data in Brief, 13, 587–596. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2017.05.053
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Survival in 76 cats with epilepsy of unknown cause: a retrospective study Veterinary Record, 181, 479–484. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104281