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article Lassa fever in Guinea (rodent-borne disease)

ecal...@club-internet.fr (Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet) — Thu, 11 Nov 2009 14:23:36 UT

Dear all,

I am happy to attach a new article on Lassa fever serology and risk
factors in forest Guinea, West Africa. The survey was made in 2000
and many questions were inferred to the wild fauna, especially the
rodents.

Best wishes,
--

Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet

Evolutionary Biology Group, Universiteit Antwerpen

Rodent-borne diseases and their risks for public health

bgmeerb...@gmail.com (Dr. Bastiaan Meerburg) — Mon, 06 June 2009 12:13:59 UT

Dear colleagues,

Last week a new paper was posted online about many different pathogens
that can be transferred by rodents. This paper was written for
Critical Reviews in Microbiology by Grant Singleton, Aize Kijlstra and
myself, and is entitled "Rodent-borne diseases and their risks for
public health". Be prepared for a review article containing over 600

RE: New article on rodents and food security

a...@alanbuckleconsulting.com (Alan Buckle) — Wed, 02 Feb 2009 13:44:29 UT

Dear Bastiaan (and co-authors),

I have not read this yet but I am looking forward to doing so. These are so
few estimates of losses caused by rodents we desperately need a good paper
on this. I am sure it will become one of the most widely quoted in the
rodent literature!

Regards
Alan

New article on rodents and food security

bgmeerb...@gmail.com (Dr. Bastiaan Meerburg) — Wed, 02 Feb 2009 13:24:33 UT

Dear colleagues,

Yesterday a new article by Grant Singleton, Herwig Leirs and myself
was published on the website of Pest Management Science: "The Year of
the Rat ends: Time to fight hunger!".

The article handles about the amount of food that is consumed by
rodents worldwide. We have estimated that this amount would be

Re: 2 new papers

bgmeerb...@gmail.com (Dr. Bastiaan Meerburg) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:16:05 UT

Dear Alan,

Thank you for your reply and your interesting comment. Of course, I am
completely aware of the risks for human health of those pest rodents
(see also the second article that I posted). But that is why
prevention is so important in the first place: we should try to
prevent rodent pests from happening . But if you look at an animal

RE: 2 new papers

a...@alanbuckleconsulting.com (Alan Buckle) — Thu, 07 July 2008 22:24:09 UT

Dear Bastian,
There is absolutely no doubt that we need to find more humane ways to
control pest rodents. I believe we all should be striving for that. A
group of scientists is meeting in the UK on a regular basis to work towards
that end. We should certainly use the most humane methods available that

2 new papers

bgmeerb...@gmail.com (Dr. Bastiaan Meerburg) — Thu, 07 July 2008 11:08:59 UT

Dear colleagues,

Recently Grant Singleton has invited me to join the RatZooMan Network,
so, hereby my first post. Two papers will soon be published, and the
topic might interest you, so that's why I am currently writing this
post.

The first article ("The Ethics of Rodent Control') is about the

ratzooman paper

s.r.belm...@greenwich.ac.uk (Dr Steven Belmain) — Tue, 05 May 2008 10:06:23 UT

Dear All
I'm pleased to attach an important paper recently published in
Integrative Zoology by Peter Taylor et al. which excellently
summarises the ratzooman project activities in Durban. My thanks
to Peter for pulling this paper together; I'm sure it will be highly
cited by others. You can find other relevant papers freely available

article Mastomys reproduction/Lassa virus

ecal...@club-internet.fr (Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:29:16 UT

Dear all,
Here is attached our paper about reproduction in Mastomys natalensis
and relationships with Lassa virus prevalence in Guinea. This is a
companion article of the one I sent you in August 2007 and represents
a part of my talk at the Ratzooman final workshop.
Best wishes,
Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet, PhD

Mail test

moodleysag...@durban.gov.za (Sagren Moodley) — Thu, 02 Feb 2008 11:19:03 UT

plague review paper

s.r.belm...@greenwich.ac.uk (Dr Steven Belmain) — Wed, 02 Feb 2008 12:00:48 UT

Dear All
I'm attaching a paper published this past month in the online
journal PLoS Medicine, giving an overview of plague: past, present
and future.
PLoS journals are freely available online, and you can find the
article through the below url and then click on the January 2008
issue.
[link]

Lassa ecoepidemiology paper

ecal...@club-internet.fr (Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet) — Mon, 08 Aug 2007 09:50:03 UT

Dear all,
Please, find attached our recent publication on Lassa fever
ecoepidemiology in Guinea. This study try to investigate if rodent
dynamics could explain a possible seasonality in Lassa fever; you can
read that it not so simple.
This article reports a part of my talk at the workshop.
Best wishes,

the ratzooman network

s.r.belm...@greenwich.ac.uk (Dr Steven Belmain) — Wed, 07 July 2007 10:11:39 UT

Dear ratzooman network colleagues
It has been some time since anyone has posted messages on this email
network, so I thought it was time to remind people of it's existence and not to
be shy in using it. Remember, this email forum is simply a way to keep in
touch, share information, ask questions to other members of the group on any

workshop proceedings

s.r.belm...@greenwich.ac.uk (Dr Steven Belmain) — Thu, 08 Aug 2006 14:25:56 UT

Dear Ratzooman Friends and Colleagues
At long last I am able to notify you that the ratzooman workshop
proceedings have been completed. A copy of the proceedings can
be found on the ratzooman website through the below link.
[link]
If the above link does not work in your email, you can find links to

RE :bienvenue

duduaka...@yahoo.fr (dudu akaibe) — Thu, 06 June 2006 14:27:53 UT

Cher collegue Sagren Moodley,

Je suis heureux de faire votre connaissance et vous souhaite la bienvenue au groupe <RatZooMan>. Dudu Akaibe

Sagren Moodley <moodleysag...@durban.gov.za> a écrit :

Good Morning All!!
Firstly I would like to thank Dr. Steven Belmain for setting up this network. I am sure it will very useful to all considering the wide field of expertise in the group.

Re: Introduction

moodleysag...@durban.gov.za (Sagren Moodley) — Thu, 06 June 2006 05:28:18 UT

Good Morning All!!
Firstly I would like to thank Dr. Steven Belmain for setting up this network. I am sure it will very useful to all considering the wide field of expertise in the group.
I am from South Africa and I am employed as an Environmental Health Practitioner for eThekwini Municipality in Durban. My field of interest is rodent control. I look forward in networking with all other members of the group.

Welcome

s.r.belm...@gre.ac.uk (Dr Steven Belmain) — Wed, 06 June 2006 13:37:56 UT

The ratzooman network is set up. Networks are only as good as the
people who use them so I hope members will use this as a way of keeping
in touch, sharing information and asking questions to other members of
the group. New people can sign up to the network by emailing me, or
visiting the ratzooman website where you will find a subscription