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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Publications
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Helminth-Cestode: Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus mutilocularis In Y. Motarjemi (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Food Safety (pp. 63–69). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-378612-8.00147-5
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Urinary corticoid concentrations measured by 5 different immunoassays and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in healthy dogs and dogs with hypercortisolism at home and in the hospital Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 28, 1433–1441. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.12399
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Estimating diagnostic test accuracies for brachyspira hyodysenteriae accounting for the complexities of population structure in food animals PLoS ONE, 9, e98534. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098534
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Issues and pitfalls in method comparison studies Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 41, 227–232. https://doi.org/10.1111/vaa.12143
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Sero-Prevalence and Risk Factors for Leptospirosis in Abattoir Workers in New Zealand International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 11, 1756–1775. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110201756
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Achalasia-like disease with esophageal pressurization in a myasthenic dog Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 28, 661–665. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.12329
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High-resolution manometric evaluation of the effects of cisapride and metoclopramide hydrochloride administered orally on lower esophageal sphincter pressure in awake dogs American Journal of Veterinary Research, 75, 361–366. https://doi.org/10.2460/ajvr.75.4.361
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Agreement of serum feline pancreas-specific lipase and colorimetric lipase assays with pancreatic ultrasonographic findings in cats with suspicion of pancreatitis: 161 cases (2008-2012) Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 244, 1060–1065. https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.244.9.1060
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Epidemiology of fishborne trematodiasis in Kazakhstan Acta Tropica, 138, 60–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.04.030
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DALY calculation in practice: a stepwise approach International Journal of Public Health, 59, 571–574. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0553-y
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Detection of antibodies to the feline leukemia Virus (FeLV) transmembrane protein p15E: an alternative approach for serological FeLV detection based on antibodies to p15E Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 52, 2046–2052. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02584-13
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Frequency of eprinomectin resistance in gastrointestinal nematodes of goats in canton Berne, Switzerland Veterinary Parasitology, 203, 114–119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.02.052
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Dynamics of the force of infection: insights from echinococcus multilocularis infection in foxes PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8, e2731. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002731
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Modelling the transmission dynamics of cystic echinococcosis in donkeys of different ages from Tunisia Veterinary Parasitology, 205, 119–124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.06.007
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Water resource developments in Ethiopia: potential benefits and negative impacts on the environment, vector-borne diseases, and food security Environmental Reviews, 22, 364–371. https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2013-0076
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Observed management practices in relation to the risk of infection with paratuberculosis and to the spread of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Swiss dairy and beef herds BMC Veterinary Research, 10, 132. https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-10-132
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The global burden of congenital toxoplasmosis: a systematic review Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 91, 501–508. https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.12.111732
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WHO initiative to estimate the global burden of foodborne diseases The Lancet, 381, S59. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61313-6
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Global change and helminth infections in grazing ruminants in europe: impacts, trends and sustainable solutions Agriculture, 484–502. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture3030484
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Investigation of sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) cultivar differences on nitrogen balance and fecal egg count in artificially infected lambs Journal of Animal Science, 91, 2343–2354. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2012-5351