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Much work has led to this @thelancet.com One Health Commission Report. Sign up for this week's webinar here.

Using the microbiota to study connectivity at human–animal interfaces Interfaces between humans, livestock, and wildlife, mediated by the environment, are critical points for the transmission and emergence of infectious pathogens and call for leveraging the One Health approach to understanding disease transmission. Current research on pathogen transmission often focuses on single-pathogen systems, providing a limited understanding of the broader microbial interactions occurring at these interfaces. In this review, we make a case for the study of host-associated microbiota for understanding connectivity between host populations at human–animal interfaces. First, we emphasize the need to understand changes in microbiota composition dynamics from interspecies contact. Then, we explore the potential for microbiota monitoring at such interfaces as a predictive tool for infectious disease transmission and as an early-warning system to inform public health interventions. We discuss the methodological challenges and gaps in knowledge in analyzing microbiota composition dynamics, the functional meaning of these changes, and how to establish causality between microbiota changes and health outcomes. We posit that integrating microbiota science with social-ecological systems modeling is essential for advancing our ability to manage health risks and harness opportunities arising from interspecies interactions.

Using the microbiota to study connectivity at human–animal interfaces

Great to see our review piece out today in the journal @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social

Using the microbiota to study connectivity at human–animal interfaces

doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...

#interface
#livestock
#wildlife
#OneHealth

@ilri.org @livuniresearch.bsky.social @livuni-ives.bsky.social

Just out from One Earth Cell Press 'Voices', sharing thoughts from colleagues answering

"How has anthropogenic environmental disturbance impacted the likelihood of disease outbreaks?"

Read it here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kyNi_wvRV...

@livuni-ives.bsky.social @ilri.org

Our co-authored paper led by collaborator Meredith Van Acker @ucriverside.bsky.social & Smithsonian

A Novel Nobecovirus in an Epomophorus wahlbergi Bat
doi.org/10.3390/v170...

Non zoonotic but surveillance efforts required

(Photo of Epomophorus wahlberg by Peter Vos (lnkd.in/ee4Q9Yq9)

Proud of our Maurice Karani for this latest paper out today:

Demography of owned dogs across an East African continuum of high-low human density

doi.org/10.1016/j.pr...

Dog ecology relating to #rabies control

@ilri.org @livuni-ives.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social @uoe-eid.bsky.social

The @livuninews.bsky.social & corporate channels are shifting social media platform. This includes our Institute of Infection, Veterinary & Ecological Sciences

Find it here

BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/livu...
LinkedIn: uk.linkedin.com/school/facul...
Web: liverpool.ac.uk/infection-ve...

Delighted to be part of this project

'Zoonotic Causes of Acute Febrile Illness'

news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/02/20/2...

Led by Siobhan Mor, involving @livuninews.bsky.social @livuni-ives.bsky.social LSTM, Kabale Uni, Makerere Uni, Uni Nairobi, Uni Addis Ababa, @ilri.org

Funded by @nihr.bsky.social

Our newest output on #antibiotic use and access in poultry farming systems in Kenya

doi.org/10.1016/j.on...

@ilri.org
@livuni-ives.bsky.social
@wsuvetmed.bsky.social
etc al

#AMR
#StopSuperbugs
#OneHealth
Funded by the FlemingFund

Just out: A framework for managing infectious diseases in rural areas in low- and middle-income countries in the face of climate change—East Africa as a case study

doi.org/10.1371/jour...

@ilri.org @livuni-ives.bsky.social @jameshassell.bsky.social @pasteur.fr and others

A framework for ecologically and socially informed risk reduction before and after outbreaks of wildlife-borne zoonoses Despite increasing emphasis being placed on the inclusion of upstream ecological and social perspectives for zoonotic disease control, few guidelines …

Output of a collaborative project led by the Smithsonian and funded by @tidescommunity.bsky.social

A framework for ecologically and socially informed risk reduction before and after outbreaks of wildlife-borne zoonoses

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@ilri.org @livuni-ives.bsky.social

A gift is exchanged between two men who stand in front of a backdrop which features the logos for the University of Liverpool, and University of Al Dhaid. Overlaid is text that says, 'News: New college of veterinary medicine established with University of Al Dhaid'

NEWS | The University of Liverpool has signed an agreement with the University of Al Dhaid to provide the teaching curriculum at a new College of Veterinary Medicine.

More ⬇️

news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/01/06/u...

@livuni-ives.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social

Global Change Biology paper Nairobi YouTube video by Zoonotic and Emerging Diseases Research team

Looking back, our paper @globalchangebio.bsky.social in 2020 as relevant now: urbanisation impacts biodiversity & how city dwellers co-exist with animals & pathogens doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

@jameshassell.bsky.social @ilri-cgiar.bsky.social @livuni-ives.bsky.social

Summary: youtu.be/X9VH0eUV4zA

ILRI consultancy: essential veterinary medicines and vaccine list (Closing date: 24 December 2024) The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a consultant to develop an essential veterinary medicines and vaccine list in Kenya. This activity contributes to the implemen…

We're looking for a Kenya-based consultant to develop an essential veterinary medicines and vaccine list in Kenya, as part of our Fleming Fund programme.

ilrijobs.wordpress.com/2024/12/17/i.... Closing date: 24 December 2024

@ilri-cgiar.bsky.social

Our amazing team @livuni-ives.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social @ilri-cgiar.bsky.social published a range of papers focused on disease transmission at environmental, human and other animal interfaces in 2024. Here are some of those animals in different settings...

Our 2022 seminal paper is being promoted by
EuropePMC, so we're sharing it again here:

Population genomics of Escherichia coli in livestock-keeping households across a rapidly developing urban landscape

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

@naturemicrobiol.bsky.social

Now formally in print

Salmonella carriage by geckos detected within households in Malawi #onehealth

doi.org/10.1016/j.on...

@livunihls.bsky.social @livuni-ives.bsky.social @ilri-cgiar.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @lstmnews.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social etal

Our 2022 seminal paper is being promoted by
EuropePMC, so we're sharing it again here:

Population genomics of Escherichia coli in livestock-keeping households across a rapidly developing urban landscape

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

@naturemicrobiol.bsky.social

Diagnostic confirmation of suspected rabid dogs in a community; sequencing showing a regional level of mixing and transmission. Community surveillance+enhanced diagnostic testing can work

doi.org/10.1111/zph....

Our latest collab paper: Integrated Community-Based Reporting & Field Diagnosis for Rabies Surveillance in Rural Laikipia, Kenya

doi.org/10.1111/zph....

@ilri-cgiar.bsky.social @livuninews.bsky.social @livuni-ives.bsky.social @uoe-eid.bsky.social @missionrabies.bsky.social etal

The International Livestock Research Institute @ilri-cgiar.bsky.social which has nurtured and hosted our team for 15 years, itself turns 50 this year. Here is the big group photo!

Our #onehealth team is back in the field in southern Kenya, sampling, humans, livestock and different components of the environment. Recent rains make for a white blanket on Kilimanjaro @ilri-cgiar.bsky.social @livuni-ives.bsky.social

The Zoonotic and Emerging Disease group is here on BlueSky. We're reassessing our whole online presence and social media engagement, so watch this space for more.