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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What is the role of badger culling as a control measure for bovine TB?. Veterinary Record, 190(6):236-238.
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Assessment of the effect of snakebite on health and socioeconomic factors using a One Health perspective in the Terai region of Nepal: a cross-sectional study. The Lancet Global Health, 10(3):e409-e415.
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New World camelids are sentinels for the presence of Borna disease virus. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 69(2):451-464.
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Ergebnisse einer Umfrage zur Verschreibung von Antibiotika in der Veterinärmedizin. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde, 164(2):144-152.
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Effectiveness of One Health approach for control of Kyasanur Forest Disease in Wayanad, Kerala, India. Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 59(1):70-78.
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The impact of natural environment on human alveolar echinococcosis: A township-level modeling study in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Science of the Total Environment, 856(Pt 1):159085.
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Protocol of the Dual Burden of Animal and Human Zoonoses: A Systematic Review. Basel, Switzerland: PrePrints - The Multidisciplinary Preprint Platform.
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Enabling Transformative Biodiversity Governance in the Post-2020 Era. In: Visseren-Hamakers, Ingrid J; Kok, Marcel T J. Transforming Biodiversity Governance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 341-360.
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One Health and Biodiversity. In: Visseren-Hamakers, Ingrid; Kok, Marcel T J. Transforming Biodiversity Governance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 93-114.
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Advances in the treatment, diagnosis, control and scientific understanding of taeniid cestode parasite infections over the past 50 years. International Journal for Parasitology, 51(13-14):1167-1192.
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Verifying the placement and length of feeding tubes in canine and feline neonates. BMC Veterinary Research, 17(1):208.
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Predictors of free-roaming domestic dogs' contact network centrality and their relevance for rabies control. Scientific Reports, 11(1):12898.
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Teaching: confidence, prediction and tolerance intervals in scientific practice: a tutorial on binary variables. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology, 18(1):17.