Publications by authors named "Felix Lankester"

40Publications

Controlling Human Rabies: The Development of an Effective, Inexpensive and Locally Made Passive Cooling Device for Storing Thermotolerant Animal Rabies Vaccines.

Authors:
Ahmed Lugelo Katie Hampson Machunde Bigambo Rudovick Kazwala Felix Lankester

Trop Med Infect Dis 2020 Aug 11;5(3). Epub 2020 Aug 11.

Global Animal Health Tanzania, 1642 Arusha, Tanzania.

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August 2020

Author Correction: Evidence for Human Streptococcus pneumoniae in wild and captive chimpanzees: A potential threat to wild populations.

Authors:
Sophie Köndgen Sebastien Calvignac-Spencer Kim Grützmacher Verena Keil Kerstin Mätz-Rensing Kathrin Nowak Sonja Metzger John Kiyang Antina Lübke-Becker Tobias Deschner Roman M Wittig Felix Lankester Fabian H Leendertz

Sci Rep 2020 May 29;10(1):9062. Epub 2020 May 29.

Epidemiology of highly pathogenic microorganisms, Robert Koch-Institute, 13353, Berlin, Germany.

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May 2020

Enhancing livestock vaccination decision-making through rapid diagnostic testing.

Authors:
Ashley F Railey Felix Lankester Tiziana Lembo Richard Reeve Gabriel Shirima Thomas L Marsh

World Dev Perspect 2019 Dec;16:100144

Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, USA.

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December 2019

One Health in Practice: Using Integrated Bite Case Management to Increase Detection of Rabid Animals in Tanzania.

Authors:
Kennedy Lushasi Rachel Steenson Jubilate Bernard Joel Jackson Changalucha Nicodem James Govella Daniel T Haydon Husna Hoffu Felix Lankester Frank Magoti Emmanuel Abraham Mpolya Zacharia Mtema Hesron Nonga Katie Hampson

Front Public Health 2020 14;8:13. Epub 2020 Feb 14.

Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Department, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania.

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February 2020

The Sero-epidemiology of in Cattle in Northern Tanzania.

Authors:
George Semango Clare M Hamilton Katharina Kreppel Frank Katzer Tito Kibona Felix Lankester Kathryn J Allan Kate M Thomas John R Claxton Elizabeth A Innes Emmanuel S Swai Joram Buza Sarah Cleaveland William A de Glanville

Front Vet Sci 2019 26;6:327. Epub 2019 Sep 26.

Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.

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September 2019

An integrated health delivery platform, targeting soil-transmitted helminths (STH) and canine mediated human rabies, results in cost savings and increased breadth of treatment for STH in remote communities in Tanzania.

Authors:
Felix Lankester Alicia Davis Safari Kinung'hi Jonathan Yoder Catherine Bunga Shayo Alkara Imam Mzimbiri Sarah Cleaveland Guy H Palmer

BMC Public Health 2019 Oct 28;19(1):1398. Epub 2019 Oct 28.

Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA.

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October 2019

Correction: The Economic Impact of Malignant Catarrhal Fever on Pastoralist Livelihoods.

Authors:
Felix Lankester Ahmed Lugelo Rudovick Kazwala Julius Keyyu Sarah Cleaveland Jonathan Yoder

PLoS One 2019;14(9):e0223347. Epub 2019 Sep 26.

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September 2019

Healthcare demand in response to rabies elimination campaigns in Latin America.

Authors:
Jonathan Yoder Elisabeth Younce Felix Lankester Guy H Palmer

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2019 09 26;13(9):e0007630. Epub 2019 Sep 26.

Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America.

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September 2019

A randomised vaccine field trial in Kenya demonstrates protection against wildebeest-associated malignant catarrhal fever in cattle.

Authors:
Elizabeth Cook George Russell Dawn Grant Christine Mutisya Lazarus Omoto Elizabeth Dobson Felix Lankester Vishvanath Nene

Vaccine 2019 09 28;37(40):5946-5953. Epub 2019 Aug 28.

International Livestock Research Institute, PO Box 30709, Nairobi 00100, Kenya.

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September 2019

Carnivore Parvovirus Ecology in the Serengeti Ecosystem: Vaccine Strains Circulating and New Host Species Identified.

Authors:
Olga Calatayud Fernando Esperón Sarah Cleaveland Roman Biek Julius Keyyu Ernest Eblate Elena Neves Tiziana Lembo Felix Lankester

J Virol 2019 07 14;93(13). Epub 2019 Jun 14.

Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA

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July 2019

Transmission ecology of canine parvovirus in a multi-host, multi-pathogen system.

Authors:
Abdelkader Behdenna Tiziana Lembo Olga Calatayud Sarah Cleaveland Jo E B Halliday Craig Packer Felix Lankester Katie Hampson Meggan E Craft Anna Czupryna Andrew P Dobson Edward J Dubovi Eblate Ernest Robert Fyumagwa J Grant C Hopcraft Christine Mentzel Imam Mzimbiri David Sutton Brian Willett Daniel T Haydon Mafalda Viana

Proc Biol Sci 2019 03;286(1899):20182772

1 Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow , Glasgow , UK.

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March 2019

coenurosis in Tanzania: a major and under-recognised livestock disease problem in pastoral communities.

Authors:
Ellen C Hughes Tito K Kibona William A de Glanville Felix Lankester Alicia Davis Ryan W Carter Rosanne M F de Jong Obed M Nyasebwa John R Claxton Sarah Cleaveland Kathryn J Allan

Vet Rec 2019 02 25;184(6):191. Epub 2019 Jan 25.

Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.

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February 2019

Waves of endemic foot-and-mouth disease in eastern Africa suggest feasibility of proactive vaccination approaches.

Authors:
Miriam Casey-Bryars Richard Reeve Umesh Bastola Nick J Knowles Harriet Auty Katarzyna Bachanek-Bankowska Veronica L Fowler Robert Fyumagwa Rudovick Kazwala Tito Kibona Alasdair King Donald P King Felix Lankester Anna B Ludi Ahmed Lugelo Francois F Maree Deogratius Mshanga Gloria Ndhlovu Krupali Parekh David J Paton Brian Perry Jemma Wadsworth Satya Parida Daniel T Haydon Thomas L Marsh Sarah Cleaveland Tiziana Lembo

Nat Ecol Evol 2018 09 6;2(9):1449-1457. Epub 2018 Aug 6.

Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.

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September 2018

Evidence for Human Streptococcus pneumoniae in wild and captive chimpanzees: A potential threat to wild populations.

Authors:
Sophie Köndgen Sebastien Calvignac-Spencer Kim Grützmacher Verena Keil Kerstin Mätz-Rensing Kathrin Nowak Sonja Metzger John Kiyang Antina Lübke-Becker Tobias Deschner Roman M Wittig Felix Lankester Fabian H Leendertz

Sci Rep 2017 11 6;7(1):14581. Epub 2017 Nov 6.

Epidemiology of highly pathogenic microorganisms, Robert Koch-Institute, 13353, Berlin, Germany.

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November 2017

Ecology and Demography of Free-Roaming Domestic Dogs in Rural Villages near Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.

Authors:
Anna M Czupryna Joel S Brown Machunde A Bigambo Christopher J Whelan Supriya D Mehta Rachel M Santymire Felix J Lankester Lisa J Faust

PLoS One 2016 28;11(11):e0167092. Epub 2016 Nov 28.

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.

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August 2017

The efficacy of alcelaphine herpesvirus-1 (AlHV-1) immunization with the adjuvants Emulsigen and the monomeric TLR5 ligand FliC in zebu cattle against AlHV-1 malignant catarrhal fever induced by experimental virus challenge.

Authors:
Felix Lankester Ahmed Lugelo Dirk Werling Nicholas Mnyambwa Julius Keyyu Rudovick Kazwala Dawn Grant Sarah Smith Nevi Parameswaran Sarah Cleaveland George Russell David Haig

Vet Microbiol 2016 Nov 23;195:144-153. Epub 2016 Sep 23.

School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK. Electronic address:

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November 2016

Thermotolerance of an inactivated rabies vaccine for dogs.

Authors:
Felix J Lankester Pieter A W M Wouters Anna Czupryna Guy H Palmer Imam Mzimbiri Sarah Cleaveland Mike J Francis David J Sutton Denny G P Sonnemans

Vaccine 2016 11 8;34(46):5504-5511. Epub 2016 Oct 8.

MSD Animal Health, Wim de Körverstraat 35, 5830 AA Boxmeer, The Netherlands.

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November 2016

Bacillus cereus Biovar Anthracis Causing Anthrax in Sub-Saharan Africa-Chromosomal Monophyly and Broad Geographic Distribution.

Authors:
Kym S Antonation Kim Grützmacher Susann Dupke Philip Mabon Fee Zimmermann Felix Lankester Tianna Peller Anna Feistner Angelique Todd Ilka Herbinger Hélène M de Nys Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfun Stomy Karhemere Roman M Wittig Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann Roland Grunow Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer Cindi R Corbett Silke R Klee Fabian H Leendertz

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2016 09 8;10(9):e0004923. Epub 2016 Sep 8.

Project group Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms, Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin, Germany.

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September 2016

Incentives Increase Participation in Mass Dog Rabies Vaccination Clinics and Methods of Coverage Estimation Are Assessed to Be Accurate.

Authors:
Abel B Minyoo Melissa Steinmetz Anna Czupryna Machunde Bigambo Imam Mzimbiri George Powell Paul Gwakisa Felix Lankester

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2015 Dec 3;9(12):e0004221. Epub 2015 Dec 3.

School of Life Sciences, The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania.

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December 2015

Wild chimpanzees are infected by Trypanosoma brucei.

Authors:
Milan Jirků Jan Votýpka Klára J Petrželková Kateřina Jirků-Pomajbíková Eva Kriegová Roman Vodička Felix Lankester Siv Aina J Leendertz Roman M Wittig Christophe Boesch David Modrý Francisco J Ayala Fabian H Leendertz Julius Lukeš

Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl 2015 Dec 16;4(3):277-82. Epub 2015 Jun 16.

Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice (Budweiss), Czech Republic ; Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice (Budweiss), Czech Republic ; Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, Canada.

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December 2015

Alcelaphine Herpesvirus-1 (Malignant Catarrhal Fever Virus) in Wildebeest Placenta: Genetic Variation of ORF50 and A9.5 Alleles.

Authors:
Felix Lankester Ahmed Lugelo Nicholas Mnyambwa Ahab Ndabigaye Julius Keyyu Rudovick Kazwala Dawn M Grant Valerie Relf David M Haig Sarah Cleaveland George C Russell

PLoS One 2015 13;10(5):e0124121. Epub 2015 May 13.

Moredun Research Institute, Pentlands Science Park, Penicuik, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

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February 2016

One Health: a concept led by Africa, with global benefits.

Authors:
Titus Mlengeya Kamani Rudovick Kazwala Sayoki Mfinanga Dan Haydon Julius Keyyu Felix Lankester Joram Buza

Vet Rec 2015 May;176(19):496-7

School of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science & Technology, Arusha, Tanzania.

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May 2015

The economic impact of malignant catarrhal fever on pastoralist livelihoods.

Authors:
Felix Lankester Ahmed Lugelo Rudovick Kazwala Julius Keyyu Sarah Cleaveland Jonathan Yoder

PLoS One 2015 28;10(1):e0116059. Epub 2015 Jan 28.

School of Economics, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America.

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October 2015

Dynamics of a morbillivirus at the domestic-wildlife interface: Canine distemper virus in domestic dogs and lions.

Authors:
Mafalda Viana Sarah Cleaveland Jason Matthiopoulos Jo Halliday Craig Packer Meggan E Craft Katie Hampson Anna Czupryna Andrew P Dobson Edward J Dubovi Eblate Ernest Robert Fyumagwa Richard Hoare J Grant C Hopcraft Daniel L Horton Magai T Kaare Theo Kanellos Felix Lankester Christine Mentzel Titus Mlengeya Imam Mzimbiri Emi Takahashi Brian Willett Daniel T Haydon Tiziana Lembo

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015 Feb 20;112(5):1464-9. Epub 2015 Jan 20.

Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom;

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February 2015

Role of dog sterilisation and vaccination in rabies control programmes.

Authors:
Sarah Cleaveland Katie Hampson Tiziana Lembo Sunny Townsend Felix Lankester

Vet Rec 2014 Oct;175(16):409-10

Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, 99164, USA.

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October 2014

Infectious Disease. Implementing Pasteur's vision for rabies elimination.

Authors:
Felix Lankester Katie Hampson Tiziana Lembo Guy Palmer Louise Taylor Sarah Cleaveland

Science 2014 Sep;345(6204):1562-4

School of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania. Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.

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September 2014

Rabies control and elimination: a test case for One Health.

Authors:
Sarah Cleaveland Felix Lankester Sunny Townsend Tiziana Lembo Katie Hampson

Vet Rec 2014 Aug;175(8):188-93

College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.

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August 2014

Identification of immuno-reactive capsid proteins of malignant catarrhal fever viruses.

Authors:
Kathryn Bartley David Deane Ann Percival Inga R Dry Dawn M Grant Neil F Inglis Kevin Mclean Erin D T Manson Lisa H J Imrie David M Haig Felix Lankester George C Russell

Vet Microbiol 2014 Sep 15;173(1-2):17-26. Epub 2014 Jul 15.

Moredun Research Institute, Pentlands Science Park, Penicuik EH26 0PZ, UK. Electronic address:

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September 2014

The changing landscape of rabies epidemiology and control.

Authors:
Sarah Cleaveland Hawthorne Beyer Katie Hampson Daniel Haydon Felix Lankester Tiziana Lembo Francois-Xavier Meslin Michelle Morters Zacharia Mtema Maganga Sambo Sunny Townsend

Onderstepoort J Vet Res 2014 Apr 23;81(2):E1-8. Epub 2014 Apr 23.

Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Scotland.

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April 2014

Cost-effectiveness of canine vaccination to prevent human rabies in rural Tanzania.

Authors:
Meagan C Fitzpatrick Katie Hampson Sarah Cleaveland Imam Mzimbiri Felix Lankester Tiziana Lembo Lauren A Meyers A David Paltiel Alison P Galvani

Ann Intern Med 2014 Jan;160(2):91-100

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January 2014

Great ape genetic diversity and population history.

Authors:
Javier Prado-Martinez Peter H Sudmant Jeffrey M Kidd Heng Li Joanna L Kelley Belen Lorente-Galdos Krishna R Veeramah August E Woerner Timothy D O'Connor Gabriel Santpere Alexander Cagan Christoph Theunert Ferran Casals Hafid Laayouni Kasper Munch Asger Hobolth Anders E Halager Maika Malig Jessica Hernandez-Rodriguez Irene Hernando-Herraez Kay Prüfer Marc Pybus Laurel Johnstone Michael Lachmann Can Alkan Dorina Twigg Natalia Petit Carl Baker Fereydoun Hormozdiari Marcos Fernandez-Callejo Marc Dabad Michael L Wilson Laurie Stevison Cristina Camprubí Tiago Carvalho Aurora Ruiz-Herrera Laura Vives Marta Mele Teresa Abello Ivanela Kondova Ronald E Bontrop Anne Pusey Felix Lankester John A Kiyang Richard A Bergl Elizabeth Lonsdorf Simon Myers Mario Ventura Pascal Gagneux David Comas Hans Siegismund Julie Blanc Lidia Agueda-Calpena Marta Gut Lucinda Fulton Sarah A Tishkoff James C Mullikin Richard K Wilson Ivo G Gut Mary Katherine Gonder Oliver A Ryder Beatrice H Hahn Arcadi Navarro Joshua M Akey Jaume Bertranpetit David Reich Thomas Mailund Mikkel H Schierup Christina Hvilsom Aida M Andrés Jeffrey D Wall Carlos D Bustamante Michael F Hammer Evan E Eichler Tomas Marques-Bonet

Nature 2013 Jul 3;499(7459):471-5. Epub 2013 Jul 3.

Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra, PRBB, Doctor Aiguader 88, Barcelona, Catalonia 08003, Spain.

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July 2013

Species association of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in non-human apes; evidence for recombination between gorilla and chimpanzee variants.

Authors:
Sinéad Lyons Colin Sharp Matthew LeBreton Cyrille F Djoko John A Kiyang Felix Lankester Tafon G Bibila Ubald Tamoufé Joseph Fair Nathan D Wolfe Peter Simmonds

PLoS One 2012 14;7(3):e33430. Epub 2012 Mar 14.

Centre for Immunology, Infection and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

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July 2012

Pasteurella multocida involved in respiratory disease of wild chimpanzees.

Authors:
Sophie Köndgen Michaela Leider Felix Lankester Astrid Bethe Antina Lübke-Becker Fabian H Leendertz Christa Ewers

PLoS One 2011 8;6(9):e24236. Epub 2011 Sep 8.

Research Group Emerging Zoonoses, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany.

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March 2012

Novel adenoviruses in wild primates: a high level of genetic diversity and evidence of zoonotic transmissions.

Authors:
Diana Wevers Sonja Metzger Fred Babweteera Marc Bieberbach Christophe Boesch Kenneth Cameron Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann Mike Cranfield Maryke Gray Laurie A Harris Josephine Head Kathryn Jeffery Sascha Knauf Felix Lankester Siv Aina J Leendertz Elizabeth Lonsdorf Lawrence Mugisha Andreas Nitsche Patricia Reed Martha Robbins Dominic A Travis Zinta Zommers Fabian H Leendertz Bernhard Ehlers

J Virol 2011 Oct 10;85(20):10774-84. Epub 2011 Aug 10.

Division of Viral Infections, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.

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October 2011

Evidence from Cameroon reveals differences in the genetic structure and histories of chimpanzee populations.

Authors:
Mary Katherine Gonder Sabrina Locatelli Lora Ghobrial Matthew W Mitchell Joseph T Kujawski Felix J Lankester Caro-Beth Stewart Sarah A Tishkoff

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 Mar 28;108(12):4766-71. Epub 2011 Feb 28.

Department of Biological Sciences, University at Albany-State University of New York, Albany, NY 12222, USA.

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March 2011

Dientamoeba fragilis: initial evidence of pathogenicity in the western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla).

Authors:
Felix Lankester John Anyam Kiyang Wendi Bailey Steve Unwin

J Zoo Wildl Med 2010 Jun;41(2):350-2

Limbe Wildlife Centre, Limbe Botanic Garden Street, Limbe, South West Region, Cameroon.

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June 2010

Tracing the origins of rescued chimpanzees reveals widespread chimpanzee hunting in Cameroon.

Authors:
Lora Ghobrial Felix Lankester John A Kiyang Akih E Akih Simone de Vries Roger Fotso Elizabeth L Gadsby Peter D Jenkins Mary K Gonder

BMC Ecol 2010 Jan 22;10. Epub 2010 Jan 22.

Department of Biological Sciences, University at Albany - State University of New York, Albany, NY 12222, USA.

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January 2010

Novel cytomegaloviruses in free-ranging and captive great apes: phylogenetic evidence for bidirectional horizontal transmission.

Authors:
Fabian H Leendertz Merlin Deckers Werner Schempp Felix Lankester Christophe Boesch Lawrence Mugisha Aidan Dolan Derek Gatherer Duncan J McGeoch Bernhard Ehlers

J Gen Virol 2009 Oct 24;90(Pt 10):2386-2394. Epub 2009 Jun 24.

Research Group Molecular Genetics and Epidemiology of Herpesviruses, Robert Koch-Institut, D-13353 Berlin, Germany.

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October 2009

Paraphimosis and amputation in a Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus).

Authors:
Felix Lankester Stephen J Hernandez-Divers

J Zoo Wildl Med 2005 Dec;36(4):698-701

The Limbe Wildlife Centre, P.O. Box 878, Limbe, SWP, Cameroon.

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December 2005

Anthrax in Western and Central African great apes.

Authors:
Fabian H Leendertz Felix Lankester Patrick Guislain Cécile Néel Ofir Drori Jef Dupain Sheri Speede Patricia Reed Nathan Wolfe Severin Loul E Mpoudi-Ngole Martine Peeters Christophe Boesch Georg Pauli Heinz Ellerbrok Eric M Leroy

Am J Primatol 2006 Sep;68(9):928-33

Great Ape Health Monitoring Unit, c/o Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.

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September 2006