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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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Pucken, Valerie-Beau; Knubben-Schweizer, Gabriela; Döpfer, Dörte; Groll, Andreas; Hafner-Marx, Angela; Hörmansdorfer, Stefan; Sauter-Louis, Carola; Straubinger, Reinhard K; Zimmermann, Pia; Hartnack, Sonja (2017). Evaluating diagnostic tests for bovine tuberculosis in the southern part of Germany: A latent class analysis. PLoS ONE, 12(6):e0179847.
Jaeger, Seraina; Virchow, F; Torgerson, Paul R; Bischoff, M; Biner, B; Hartnack, Sonja; Rüegg, Simon R (2017). Test characteristics of milk amyloid A ELISA, somatic cell count, and bacteriological culture for detection of intramammary pathogens that cause subclinical mastitis. Journal of Dairy Science, 100(9):7419-7426.
van Kesteren, F; Mastin, A; Torgerson, P R; Mytynova, Bermet; Craig, P S (2017). Evaluation of the impact of 2 years of a dosing intervention on canine echinococcosis in the Alay Valley, Kyrgyzstan. Parasitology, 144(10):1328-1337.
Pittavino, M; Dreyfus, A; Heuer, C; Benschop, J; Wilson, P; Collins-Emerson, J; Torgerson, P R; Furrer, Reinhard (2017). Data on Leptospira interrogans sv Pomona infection in Meat Workers in New Zealand. Data in Brief, 13:587-596.
Abdybekova, Aida M; Sultanov, Akhmetzhan A; Dzhusupbekova, Nurgul M; Abdibayeva, Aigerim A; Zhaksylykova, Ainur A; Kerimbaeva, Raushan A; Akhmetova, Gulnazi D; Torgerson, Paul R (2017). Parasites of farmed marals in Kazakhstan. Small Ruminant Research, 153:142-145.
Queenan, K; Garnier, J; Rosenbaum, N; Buttigieg, S; de Meneghi, D; Holmberg, M; Zinsstag, J; Rüegg, Simon R; Häsler, B; Kock, R (2017). Roadmap to a One Health agenda 2030. CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources, 12(014):1-12.
Romagnoli, Noemi; Bektas, Rima N; Kutter, Annette P N; Barbarossa, Andrea; Roncada, Paola; Hartnack, Sonja; Bettschart-Wolfensberger, Regula (2017). Pharmacokinetics of ketamine and norketamine enantiomers after racemic or S-ketamine IV bolus administration in dogs during sevoflurane anaesthesia. Research in Veterinary Science, 112:208-213.
Pittavino, M; Dreyfus, A; Heuer, C; Benschop, J; Wilson, P; Collins-Emerson, J; Torgerson, P R; Furrer, R (2017). 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.
Delaude, Alessandro; Rodriguez-Campos, Sabrina; Dreyfus, Anou; Counotte, Michel Jacques; Francey, Thierry; Schweighauser, Ariane; Lettry, Sophie; Schuller, Simone (2017). 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.
Sigrist, Nadja; Kälin, N; Dreyfus, Anou (2017). 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(2):434-441.
Pendl, W; Jenny, B; Torgerson, P R; Spring, P; Kümmerlen, D; Sidler, X (2017). Effect of herd health management on the prevalence of Postpartum Dysgalaktie Syndrome (PPDS) and the treatment incidence. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde, 159(2):109-116.
Rüegg, Simon R; McMahon, Barry J; Häsler, Barbara; Esposito, Roberto; Nielsen, Liza Rosenbaum; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Ehlinger, Timothy; Peyre, Marisa; Aragrande, Maurizio; Zinsstag, Jakob; Davies, Philip; Mihalca, Andrei Daniel; Buttigieg, Sandra C; Rushton, Jonathan; Carmo, Luís P; De Meneghi, Daniele; Canali, Massimo; Filippitzi, Maria E; Goutard, Flavie Luce (2017). A blueprint to evaluate one health. Frontiers in Public Health, 5(20):1-5.
Deplazes, P; Rinaldi, L; Alvarez Rojas, C A; Torgerson, P R; Harandi, M F; Romig, T; Antolova, D; Schurer, J M; Lahmar, S; Cringoli, G; Magambo, J; Thompson, R C A; Jenkins, E J (2017). Global distribution of alveolar and cystic echinococcosis. In: Thompson, R C A. Echinococcus and Echinococcosis, Part A. Deutschland: Elsevier, 315-493.
Craig, P S; Hegglin, Daniel; Lightowlers, M W; Torgerson, Paul R; Wang, Q (2017). Echinococcosis: control and prevention. Advances in Parasitology, 96:55-158.
Wang, Craig; Torgerson, Paul R; Höglund, Johan; Furrer, Reinhard (2017). Zero-inflated hierarchical models for faecal egg counts to assess anthelmintic efficacy. Veterinary Parasitology, 235:20-28.
Otero-Abad, Belen; Rüegg, Simon R; Hegglin, Daniel; Deplazes, Peter; Torgerson, Paul R (2017). Mathematical modelling of Echinococcus multilocularis abundance in foxes in Zurich, Switzerland. Parasites & Vectors, 10(1):21.
Bünter, Julia P; Seth-Smith, Helena M B; Rüegg, Simon R; Heikinheimo, Annamari; Borel, Nicole; Johler, Sophia (2017). Wild type agr-negative livestock-associated MRSA exhibits high adhesive capacity to human and porcine cells. Research in Microbiology, 168(2):130-138.
Butz, Nathalie; Dreyfus, A; Fürst, Anton E; Bischofberger, Andrea S (2017). Wounds to the dorsal carpus (coronation injury) in horses: Treatment, complications and survival. Equine Veterinary Education, 29(1):38-44.
Lewis, Fraser I; Torgerson, Paul R (2017). The current and future burden of late-onset dementia in the United Kingdom: Estimates and interventions. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 13(1):38-44.
Torgerson, Paul R (2016). Echinococcosis: Epidemics and Economics. In: International Scientific-Practical Conference "Veterinary Medicine in the 21st Century - Problems, Methods and Solutions", Dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Professor Dr Nurgali Tassilovich Kadyrov, Astana, Kazakhstan, 27 October 2016 - 28 October 2016, 8-12.

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