Professor Torgerson is a British trained veterinarian and graduated from Cambridge University in 1986. Subsequently after a period in clinical practice, first as a large animal intern at Glasgow Veterinary School followed by agricultural veterinary practice, Professor Torgerson returned to Cambridge to complete a PhD in Parasitology. He was subsequently appointed as a lecturer at University College Dublin where he developed an interest in parasite epidemiology. In 2002 he was invited to lead a group on parasite epidemiology at the Institute of Parasitology in Zurich and remained there until 2008. Following a brief spell at Ross University in The Caribbean, Professor Torgerson was appointed to the newly created chair of veterinary epidemiology in Zurich from late 2009. Professor Torgerson also holds the Diploma of the European College of Veterinary Public Health with a speciality in population medicine and the Diploma of the European Veterinary Parasitology College.
Researcher profiles and publications
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Publications
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Evaluation of leukocyte depletion of packed red blood cell units and impact on clinically observed transfusion reactions. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 10:1217575.
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Unveiling the incidences and trends of the neglected zoonosis cystic echinococcosis in Europe: a systematic review from the MEmE project. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 23(3):e95-e107.
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Umfrage zum Antibiotikagebrauch bei Schweizer Tierärzten mit Pferdeanteil. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde, 165(2):105-114.
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Methodological choices in brucellosis burden of disease assessments: A systematic review. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16(12):e0010468.
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Estimated specific antibody‑based true sero‑prevalences of canine filariosis in dogs in Central Europe and the UK. Parasitology Research, 121(12):3671-3680.
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The dual burden of animal and human zoonoses: A systematic review. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16(10):e0010540.
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Putative roles of mosquitoes (Culicidae) and biting midges (Culicoides spp.) as mechanical or biological vectors of lumpy skin disease virus. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 36(3):381-389.
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Estimating the burden of multiple endemic diseases and health conditions using Bayes’ Theorem: A conditional probability model applied to UK dairy cattle. Preventive veterinary medicine, 203:105617.
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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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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.