Professor Ricardo Soares Magalhaes
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Ricardo Soares Magalhaes

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Background

Ricardo J. Soares Magalhães is Professor of Zoonotic Disease Epidemiology and Biosecurity and Director of the Queensland Alliance for One Health Sciences. Prof. Soares Magalhaes is a European Veterinary Board Specialist in Population Medicine with extensive national and international research experience in three main areas: spatial epidemiology of zoonotic infections, outbreak response for emerging zoonoses and risk assessment of animal’s environmental health/biosecurity. A key focus of his team's current research is to develop geographical risk assessment methods to assist climate-sensitive zoonotic infectious disease prioritisation for improved surveillance and risk management in both human and animal populations.

Prof. Soares Magalhães’s team is currently leading the development of a number of epidemiological data analytics platforms including for zoonotic influenza (WHO SEARO, Word Bank), antimicrobial resistance in agribusinesses and the environment (SAAFE CRC) and veterinary clinical data (VARDC and ACARCinom).

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Professor Ricardo Soares Magalhaes is:
Available for supervision
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Fields of research

Animal production Health Sciences Veterinary sciences

Qualifications

  • Masters (Coursework) of Science in Control of Infectious Diseases in Animals, University College London
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Spatial epidemiology of zoonotic and neglected tropical infections

    - Understand geographic co-variation in infection risk in humans and animals. - Determine the role of climate / landscape variation and health behaviour on geographical variation in the efficacy of control strategies. - Mechanistic studies on helminth-associated childhood morbidity.

  • Outbreak response for emerging infectious diseases

    - Geographical management plans for emergency animal diseases. - Determine role of animal movement on outbreak size and geographical propagation of zoonotic infections.

  • Animal health and the environment / biosecurity

    - Design of on-farm / abattoir environmental risk assessment management plans for animal health.

Search Professor Ricardo Soares Magalhaes’s works on UQ eSpace

299 works between 2004 and 2025
All (299) Book (2) Journal Article (240) Other Outputs (7) Conference Publication (50)

261 - 280 of 299 works

2011

Journal Article

Mapping helminth co-infection and co-intensity: Geostatistical prediction in ghana

Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J., Biritwum, Nana-Kwadwo, Gyapong, John O., Brooker, Simon, Zhang, Yaobi, Blair, Lynsey, Fenwick, Alan and Clements, Archie C. A. (2011). Mapping helminth co-infection and co-intensity: Geostatistical prediction in ghana. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 5 (6) e1200, e1200.1-e1200.13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001200

Mapping helminth co-infection and co-intensity: Geostatistical prediction in ghana

2011

Conference Publication

Risk-based surveillance for avian influenza control along poultry market chains in South China: The value of social network analysis

Martin, Vincent, Zhou, Xiaoyan, Marshall, Edith, Jia, Beibei, Guo, Fushenga, FrancoDixon, Mary Ann, DeHaan, Nicoline, Pfeiffer, Dirk U., Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J. and Gilbert, Marius (2011). Risk-based surveillance for avian influenza control along poultry market chains in South China: The value of social network analysis. GEOVET - A Conference on the Application of Spatial Analytical Methods Used in Animal Health, Sydney, Australia, 1-3 December 2010. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.07.007

Risk-based surveillance for avian influenza control along poultry market chains in South China: The value of social network analysis

2011

Journal Article

The applications of model-based geostatistics in helminth epidemiology and control

Magalhaes, Ricardo J., Clements, Archie C. A., Patil, Anand P., Gething, Peter W. and Brooker, Simon (2011). The applications of model-based geostatistics in helminth epidemiology and control. Advances in Parasitology, 74 (C), 267-296. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385897-9.00005-7

The applications of model-based geostatistics in helminth epidemiology and control

2010

Journal Article

Geographical distribution of intestinal schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis and preventive chemotherapy strategies in Sierra Leone

Koroma, Joseph B., Peterson, Jen, Gbakima, Aiah A., Nylander, Francis E., Sahr, Foday, Soares Magalhães, Ricardo J., Zhang, Yaobi and Hodges, Mary H. (2010). Geographical distribution of intestinal schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis and preventive chemotherapy strategies in Sierra Leone. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 4 (11) e891, e891.1-e891.9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000891

Geographical distribution of intestinal schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis and preventive chemotherapy strategies in Sierra Leone

2010

Journal Article

Risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in dogs and cats: A case-control study

Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo Jorge, Loeffler, Anette, Lindsay, Jodi, Rich, Mick, Roberts, Larry, Smith, Heather, Lloyd, David Hugh and Pfeiffer, Dirk Udo (2010). Risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in dogs and cats: A case-control study. Veterinary Research, 41 (5), 55-1-55-12. doi: 10.1051/vetres/2010028

Risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in dogs and cats: A case-control study

2010

Journal Article

Evaluating the control of HPAIV H5N1 in Vietnam: Virus transmission within infected flocks reported before and after vaccination

Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J., Pfeiffer, Dirk U. and Otte, Joachim (2010). Evaluating the control of HPAIV H5N1 in Vietnam: Virus transmission within infected flocks reported before and after vaccination. BMC Veterinary Research, 6 (1) 31. doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-6-31

Evaluating the control of HPAIV H5N1 in Vietnam: Virus transmission within infected flocks reported before and after vaccination

2010

Journal Article

Geographical information systems and tropical medicine

Khan, O. A., Davenhall, W., Ali, M., Castillo-Salgado, C., Vazquez-Prokopec, G., Kitron, U., Soares Magalhaes, R. J. and Clements, A. C. A. (2010). Geographical information systems and tropical medicine. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 104 (4), 303-318. doi: 10.1179/136485910X12743554759867

Geographical information systems and tropical medicine

2010

Journal Article

Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027: Assessing the risks of further worldwide spread

Clements, ACA, Soares Magalhães, RJ, Tatem, AJ, Paterson, DL and Riley, TV (2010). Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027: Assessing the risks of further worldwide spread. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 10 (6), 395-404. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(10)70080-3

Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027: Assessing the risks of further worldwide spread

2010

Journal Article

Spatial prediction of malaria prevalence in an endemic area of Bangladesh

Haque, U, Soares Magalhães, RJS, Reid, HL, Clements, ACA, Ahmed, SM, Islam, A, Yamamoto, T, Haque, R and Glass, GE (2010). Spatial prediction of malaria prevalence in an endemic area of Bangladesh. Malaria Journal, 9 (1) 120, 120-1-120-10. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-120

Spatial prediction of malaria prevalence in an endemic area of Bangladesh

2010

Journal Article

Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage in UK veterinary staff and owners of infected pets: New risk groups

Loeffler, A., Pfeiffer, D. U., Lloyd, D. H., Smith, H., Soares-Magalhaes, R. and Lindsay, J. A. (2010). Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage in UK veterinary staff and owners of infected pets: New risk groups. Journal of Hospital Infection, 74 (3), 282-288. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.09.020

Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage in UK veterinary staff and owners of infected pets: New risk groups

2010

Journal Article

Associations between attributes of live poultry trade and HPAI H5N1 outbreaks: A descriptive and network analysis study in northern Vietnam

Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J., Ortiz-Pelaez, Angel, Kim, Lan Lai Thi, Quoc, Hoang Dinh, Otte, Joachim and Pfeiffer, Dirk U. (2010). Associations between attributes of live poultry trade and HPAI H5N1 outbreaks: A descriptive and network analysis study in northern Vietnam. BMC Veterinary Research, 6 (1) 10. doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-6-10

Associations between attributes of live poultry trade and HPAI H5N1 outbreaks: A descriptive and network analysis study in northern Vietnam

2010

Journal Article

Heifer nutrition during early - and mid-pregnancy alters fetal growth trajectory and birth weight

Micke, G. C., Sullivan, T. M., Soares Magalhaes, R. J., Rolls, P. J., Norman, S. T. and Perry, V. E. A. (2010). Heifer nutrition during early - and mid-pregnancy alters fetal growth trajectory and birth weight. Animal Reproduction Science, 117 (1-2), 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2009.03.010

Heifer nutrition during early - and mid-pregnancy alters fetal growth trajectory and birth weight

2010

Journal Article

Lack of transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) between apparently healthy dogs in a rescue kennel

Loeffler, A., Pfeiffer, D. U., Lindsay, J. A., Soares-Magalhaes, R. and Lloyd, D. H. (2010). Lack of transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) between apparently healthy dogs in a rescue kennel. Veterinary Microbiology, 141 (1-2), 178-181. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.08.001

Lack of transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) between apparently healthy dogs in a rescue kennel

2009

Journal Article

Dietary protein during gestation affects placental development in heifers

Sullivan, T. M., Micke, G. C., Magalhaes, R. S., Phillips, N. J. and Perry, V. E. A. (2009). Dietary protein during gestation affects placental development in heifers. Theriogenology, 72 (4), 427-438. doi: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.03.018

Dietary protein during gestation affects placental development in heifers

2009

Journal Article

Assessment of the diagnostic accuracy of circulating natriuretic peptide concentrations to distinguish between cats with cardiac and non-cardiac causes of respiratory distress

Connolly, David J., Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J., Fuentes, Virgininia Luis, Boswood, Adrian, Cole, Georgina, Boag, Alisdair and Syme, Harriet M. (2009). Assessment of the diagnostic accuracy of circulating natriuretic peptide concentrations to distinguish between cats with cardiac and non-cardiac causes of respiratory distress. Journal of Veterinary Cardiology, 11 (Supp. 1), S41-S50. doi: 10.1016/j.jvc.2009.03.001

Assessment of the diagnostic accuracy of circulating natriuretic peptide concentrations to distinguish between cats with cardiac and non-cardiac causes of respiratory distress

2009

Journal Article

Dietary protein during gestation affects circulating indicators of placental function and fetal development in heifers

Sullivan, T. M., Micke, G. C., Soares Magalhaes, R., Martin, G. B., Wallace, C. R., Green, J. A. and Perry, V. E. A. (2009). Dietary protein during gestation affects circulating indicators of placental function and fetal development in heifers. Placenta, 30 (4), 348-354. doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.01.008

Dietary protein during gestation affects circulating indicators of placental function and fetal development in heifers

2009

Journal Article

Industrial food animal production and global health risks: Exploring the ecosystems and economics of avian influenza

Leibler, Jessica H., Otte, Joachim, Roland-Holst, David, Pfeiffer, Dirk U., Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo, Rushton, Jonathan, Graham, Jay P. and Silbergeld, Ellen K. (2009). Industrial food animal production and global health risks: Exploring the ecosystems and economics of avian influenza. EcoHealth, 6 (1), 58-70. doi: 10.1007/s10393-009-0226-0

Industrial food animal production and global health risks: Exploring the ecosystems and economics of avian influenza

2009

Conference Publication

Spatial analysis and disease mapping : Tools for planning and evaluating integrated neglected tropical disease control in Sub-Saharan Africa

Clements, Archie C., Magalhaes, Ricardo Soares, Brooker, Simon and Fenwick, Alan (2009). Spatial analysis and disease mapping : Tools for planning and evaluating integrated neglected tropical disease control in Sub-Saharan Africa. 58th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Washington, DC, United States, 18-22 November 2009. Deerfield, IL, United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Spatial analysis and disease mapping : Tools for planning and evaluating integrated neglected tropical disease control in Sub-Saharan Africa

2008

Book

Commune-level simulation model of HPAI H5N1 poultry infection and control in Viet Nam

Magalhaes, R. Soares, Pfeiffer, D., Wieland, B., Dung, D. and Otte, V. (2008). Commune-level simulation model of HPAI H5N1 poultry infection and control in Viet Nam. Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Commune-level simulation model of HPAI H5N1 poultry infection and control in Viet Nam

2008

Journal Article

Factors affecting width of the canine femorotibial joint space in nonweight-bearing radiographs

Whatmough, Charlotte, Moores, Andrew P., Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo and Lamb, Christopher R. (2008). Factors affecting width of the canine femorotibial joint space in nonweight-bearing radiographs. Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound, 49 (2), 129-134. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2008.00338.x

Factors affecting width of the canine femorotibial joint space in nonweight-bearing radiographs

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2027
    Understanding avian innate immunity to improve avian influenza surveillance
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2025 - 2026
    Smoking Gun: Blood-Based Methylation Clues to Canine Cancer Susceptibility
    Perpetual IMPACT Philanthropy Application Program
    Open grant
  • 2025 - 2027
    Optimising Feral Pig Management in Queensland: Developing a Decision-Support Tool for Targeted Control
    Queensland Feral Pest Initiative
    Open grant
  • 2025 - 2026
    Connecting Pacific Nations Towards the Development of One Health Impact Frameworks
    Ambassade de France en Australie
    Open grant
  • 2025 - 2026
    Investigating the ecological interactions between native Australian wildlife and red imported fire ants
    Research Donation Generic
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2027
    SAAFE CRC AMR Data Management and Analytics - Postdoctoral Fellow Grant
    CRC SAAFE Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2025
    CRC SAAFE Program on Data Analytics Leadership Grant
    CRC SAAFE Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2027
    Healthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) - National Research Network on Human Health and Environmental Change (NHMRC Special Initiative in Human Health and Environmental Change grant administered by ANU)
    Australian National University
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Unravelling the prevalence of zoonotic pathogen carriage in semi-owned and unowned cats
    Australian Pet Welfare Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2026
    Advancing enhanced biosecurity of major arboviral and other vector-borne diseases in Australia through near infrared spectroscopy technology
    NHMRC IDEAS Grants
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2024 - 2025
    Advancing agribusiness digital transformation to prevent pathogen resistance and improve food security
    CRC SAAFE Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2024
    Development of draft guidance for surveillance of zoonotic influenza surveillance in South-East Asia Region (Part B)
    World Health Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2023
    Development of draft guidance for surveillance of zoonotic influenza surveillance in South-East Asia Region
    World Health Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2024
    Development of a protocol for defining and identifying high-threat 1 pathogens to support WHO STAR HTP risk assessments in the Southeast Asia Region
    World Health Organisation South-East Asia Regional Office
    Open grant
  • 2023
    Advancing the Australian Companion Animal Registry of Cancers (ACARinom): Community Connect
    ARDC - Australian Data Partnerships
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2024
    Advancing Feral Pig Management Strategies in Queensland through contact network intelligence.
    New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2024
    Mapping Climate Sensitive Zoonotic Diseases in Bangladesh (VetEffect led World Bank grant)
    VetEffecT
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2023
    Development of a generalizable zoonotic influenza distribution assessment and ranking system to strengthen surveillance and preparedness management plans in Nepal (ZIDAR-Nepal)
    World Health Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2023
    Advancing comparative oncoepidemiology of environmental cancers for improved surveillance and prevention in Australia
    Perpetual IMPACT Philanthropy Application Program
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2023
    Epidemiology of feline upper respiratory tract Infections in shelter cats at RSPCA Queensland
    Feline Health Research Fund
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2022
    HeartwormAlert: development of a spatiotemporal early-warning model for canine heartworm
    Zoetis Belgium SA
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2023
    Advancing integrated Q fever risk management in high-risk communities.
    Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2023
    Advancing the Australian Companion Animal Registry of Cancers (ACARinom)
    ARDC - Australian Data Partnerships
    Open grant
  • 2021
    Design of an integrated risk-based antimicrobial resistance surveillance system in Bhutan to map the emergence, spread and transmission pathways of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli
    World Health Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2023
    Advancing accurate ascertainment for community exposure to Ross River Virus
    Mosquito and Arbovirus Research Committee
    Open grant
  • 2020
    Mapping West Indian Drywood Termite (WIDT) surveillance data
    Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2023
    Deep sequencing of beta-tubulin genes to ascertain benzimidazole resistance mechanisms in canine hookworms in Australian dogs
    Research Donation Generic
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2021
    Nasal microbiota in shelter dogs and carriage of Staphylococcus spp.
    Canine Research Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    Exploring the nexus between food and nutrition security and the burden of infectious and noncommunicable diseases in marginal urban communities; a comparison of Logan (Queensland) and Guarulhos, Sao P
    UQ-FAPESP Strategic Research Fund SPRINT
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2019
    Tracing the spillover of fleas and paralysis ticks between wildlife and domestic pets in Australia
    National Geographic Society
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Molecular characterisation of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus spp. isolated from companion animals in Southeast Queensland by whole genome sequencing
    John & Mary Kibble Trust
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Creating capacity in medical geography in Colombio and Brazil
    Council on Australia Latin America Relations
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    VetCompass: Big Data and Real-time Surveillance for Veterinary Science (ARC LIEF project administered by the University of Sydney)
    University of Sydney
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2023
    Taking the Q (query) out of Q fever: Developing a better understanding of the drivers of Q fever spread in farmed ruminants (University of Melbourne led RIRDC project)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2020
    Evaluation of overall prevalence and phylogeography of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus spp. carriage in dogs and cats presented in two veterinary referral centres in the greater Brisbane area
    Research Donation Generic
    Open grant
  • 2015
    The gut microbiome of school-age children infected with intestinal parasites: structural-functional changes and geographical variation
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2018
    Knowledge-driven spatial modelling of Q-fever geographical suitability
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2014
    The effectiveness, acceptability and cost effectiveness of the 'BALatrine'
    NHMRC Partnership Projects
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2017
    The effectiveness, acceptability and cost effectiveness of the 'BALatrine': a culturally acceptable latrine intervention in resource limited enviro... (NHMRC Partnership Project administered by ANU)
    NHMRC Partnership Projects
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2016
    Investigations into the spatio-temporal distribution of anaemia, schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in sub-Saharan Africa
    Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2014
    Integrated Epidemiological approaches to Investigate the Risk and Burden of Zoonotic Parasitoses in the Asia-Pacific Region
    UQ Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Ricardo Soares Magalhaes is:
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Available projects

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Investigations into the importance of antimicrobial residues in the surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in peri-urban dairy farms of Nepal

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Deirdre Mikkelsen, Professor Peter Sly, Dr Nicholas Clark

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Evolutionary pathways and molecular characterization of Influenza Viruses at high-risk human-poultry interfaces in Bangladesh

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Nicholas Clark

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Spatial epidemiological approaches to support local One Health strategies to achieve rabies infection control and elimination

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Nicholas Clark

  • Doctor Philosophy

    A big-data approach to the epidemiology of foodborne and enteric zoonoses in Queensland

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Dwan Vilcins, Professor Colleen Lau

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Epidemiology and control of canine skin and ear conditions in Australia

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Deirdre Mikkelsen, Dr Erika Meler, Dr Justine Gibson

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Uncovering Hidden Traces: A Multi-Method Approach to Assessing the Abundance and Distribution of Short-Beaked Echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus) in South-East Queensland

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Viviana Gonzalez Astudillo

  • Doctor Veterinary Clinical Sci

    Tackling tumours: harnessing big data to understand cancer patterns in dogs

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Chiara Palmieri

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Investigation into prevalence of carnivore viruses with a focus on Canine distemper virus in domestic and wild carnivores in Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Matthew Luskin

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Statistical multivariate modelling for ecological forecasting

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Nicholas Clark

  • Doctor Veterinary Clinical Sci

    Innovative investigations on canine prostate cancer: evidence-based medicine, spatial modelling and artificial intelligence

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Chiara Palmieri

  • Master Philosophy

    The secret killer: Unravelling the link between urban air pollutants and lung cancer in dogs

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Noman Naseem, Professor Chiara Palmieri

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Survey of farmers¿ perceptions of gastrointestinal parasites and investigation of prevalence, impact, and control of these parasites on sub-tropical dairy cattle

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ben Wood, Dr Rhys Parry, Dr Shahab Ranjbar Nezhad Isfahani, Dr Swaid Abdullah

Completed supervision

Enquiries

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  • Antimicrobial resistance
  • Avian influenza
  • Biosecurity
  • Disease control
  • Epidemiology
  • Infectious disease
  • Q fever
  • Vectorborne diseases
  • Zoonoses
  • Zoonotic diseases

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