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The National Centre for
Zoonosis Research
Leahurst
Chester High Road
Neston
CH64 7TE
United Kingdom
Tel: (+44 151) 794 6015
Fax: (+44 151) 795 6066
Email: nczr@liv.ac.uk
RESEARCH
NCZR is the hub for collaborative zoonosis research across the UK and further afield.
It brings together medical and veterinary scientists, with, among others, microbiologists, ecologists, epidemiologists, statisticians, economists and social scientists.
Recent NCZR events
HANTAVIRUS WORKSHOP
A VLA/NCZR workshop on hantavirus was held in July 2010. The programme and talks can be found here.
EID and Zoonoses - Shanghai 2010
Part of the Shanghai Expo 2010 in August 2010.
3Rs approach to potency testing for Rabies vaccines
International AHVLA/NCZR workshop: Liverpool, June 2011.
NEWS
2012 NCZR CONFERENCE
OLD Threats, New Challenges
Will Take place on July 10th 2012 at leahurst
2011 NCZR Conference
Zoonoses in a Changing Socioeconomic Environment
July 2011: Talks are now online:
Gastrointestinal zoonoses in the UK: new insights from the IID2 study. Sarah O’Brien (Liverpool University).
Epidemiology and the supermarket shopper: behavioural insights from the analysis of loyalty card data. Andrew Fearne (Kent University).
Why does the regulation of food controls change over time? Eleni Michalopoulou (Liverpool University)
Social risk amplification and disease outbreaks. Jerry Busby (Lancaster University)
Assessing and managing change in food systems – what can economics contribute on zoonotic risks? Jonathan Rushton (Royal Veterinary College)
Quantifying the burden of disease: which pathogens are the most important? Marie McIntyre (Liverpool University)
Estimating the best way forward: Expert and farmer evaluations of environmental interventions to reduce human exposure to E. coli O157. Paul Cross (Bangor University)
A crisis of regulation. David Whyte (Liverpool University)
Food Hygiene Rating Scheme and behavioural change. Catriona Stewart (Food Standards Agency)
ABOUT ZOONOSES
Zoonoses are defined by the World Health Organisation as 'diseases and infections which are transmitted naturally between vertebrate animals and man'.
The importance of these diseases is well demonstrated by a survey of infectious organisms which showed that, of the 1415 species known to be pathogenic to humans, 61% are zoonotic, while 75% of diseases considered to be 'emerging' are also zoonotic.
