Wildlife species and diseases toxoplasmosis

• Suggest ways of finding published literature

Essay Question
In 2011, R.C.A. Thompson and P. Deplazes (Zoonoses in a changing world: Preface. Veterinary Parasitology

Second, present arguments for which five zoonotic parasitic diseases have the greatest global impact and,

therefore, demand prioritization for control;

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‘Emerging infectious diseases’ are defined as ‘those whose incidence in humans has increased within the past two decades or threatens to increase in the near future’.

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• A zoonotic disease is a disease spread between animals and people.• For zoonotic diseases that are caused by parasites, the types of symptoms and signs can be different depending on the parasite and the person. Sometimes people with zoonotic infections can be very sick (symptomatic) but some people have no symptoms and do not ever get sick
(asymptomatic).

shifting interactions between humans and other animals

critically review and discuss the validity

• Voice your opinion in a logical and coherent way that is based upon evidence (from your literature search) and evaluation (your
judgement)
• Not a literature review, as it requires analysis and evaluation
• Construct good arguments or opinions
• Use evidence that is valid and reliable for the context of the argument• Acknowledge strengths and weaknesses of the argument

greatest global impact

Subjective:
• Morbidity and mortality, confirmed human cases
• DALYS n/

• multiple approaches for control are utilized keeping into consideration all sorts of factors such as economic factors, epidemiology, and management structures /
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• Frameworks - coordinated actions by government authorities responsible for human and animal health
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• Capacity building
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2094993/

Authorative written sources• Peer –reviewed Journal articles

eg CDC, WHO, FAO (usually cited in the text and not bibliography)

• Social media and preprints (e/) – not peer -reviewed

• Mendeley
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• Papers
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• Student license $3/month

• If no, Redo lit review with different key words• Have I identified the right papers to read and cite?

Finding Relevant Literature

Pubmed Author search

• Rank by citations

• Limit to article, Open Access (OA)

UTS Library Catalogue
https://www.lib.uts.edu.au/

Contains:

• Includes tools such as SWIFT-Review, VOSViewer, and SciMAT, which allow mining of the literature through bibliometrics.

• Although the tools are free getting the literature out of a database is not straight forward –publishers put limits on download capacity.

• Use Tables and Figures – do not repeat information in legends that is in main text and vice versa. Use them to illustrate your arguments.