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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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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Changes in serum creatinine concentration and acute kidney injury (AKI) grade in dogs treated with hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 from 2013 to 2015 Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 31, 434–441. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.14645
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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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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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The influence of aluminium, steel and polyurethane shoeing systems and of the unshod hoof on the injury risk of a horse kick. An ex vivo experimental study Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 30, 339–345. https://doi.org/10.3415/VCOT-17-01-0003
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Zero-inflated hierarchical models for faecal egg counts to assess anthelmintic efficacy Veterinary Parasitology, 235, 20–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2016.12.007
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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
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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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One Health Economics to confront disease threats Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 111, 235–237. https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trx039
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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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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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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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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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Wounds to the dorsal carpus (coronation injury) in horses: Treatment, complications and survival Equine Veterinary Education, 29, 38–44. https://doi.org/10.1111/eve.12604
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The current and future burden of late-onset dementia in the United Kingdom: Estimates and interventions Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 13, 38–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2016.03.013
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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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Mathematical modelling of Echinococcus multilocularis abundance in foxes in Zurich, Switzerland Parasites & Vectors, 10, 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1951-1
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Latent class models for Echinococcus multilocularis diagnosis in foxes in Switzerland in the absence of a gold standard Parasites & Vectors, 10, 612. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2562-1
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Patient-centered boundary mechanisms to foster intercultural partnerships in health care: a case study in Guatemala Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 13, online. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-017-0170-y