Dr Eric Fèvre  I lead a group of epidemiologists interested in the biology and control of (re-)emerging diseases, particularly zoonoses, with a focus on understanding the factors involved in risk, transmission, persistence, spread, and, importantly disease burden of pathogens in both human and animal populations. We also have a strong interest in understanding the influence of the physical environment on pathogen transmission. My group uses field data to acquire a wider understanding of pathogen epidemiology, using this information to inform policy on optimal and cost-effective methods of disease control. I sit on two World Health Organization Advisory Committees on disease burden and economics, and participate in a number of related WHO activities relating to zoonotic diseases - eg "WHO/DFID-AHP meeting on "Control of Zoonotic Diseases: a Route to Poverty Alleviation among Livestock-Keeping Communities" (click here for full text) and the WHO/EU/ILRI/DBL/FAO/OIE/AU Report on the "Integrated Control of Neglected Zoonotic Diseases in Africa: Applying the 'One Health' Concept" (full text) and the WHO/+partners Report on "The Control of Neglected Zoonotic Diseases: Community-based interventions for prevention and control" (full text). I am also a member of the WHO Initiative to Estimate the Global Burden of Foodborne Disease (FERG), as a member of the Parasitic Disease Task Force. A major focus of my work to date has been the spatial epidemiology of zoonotic sleeping sickness caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in East Africa, in particular the relationship between disease in humans and the epidemiology of the infection in the livestock reservoir. I am a member of World Health Organization Expert Committee on Trypanosomiasis. Publications Collaborators Click here for a list of current collaborators and partners. CV
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