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Animal Science and Veterinary
UK
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
80
Citations
27357
World Ranking
75
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2016 - Frink Medal, Zoological Society of London
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2012 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Sarah Cleaveland is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on medicine and agricultural and biological sciences, with a strong emphasis on infectious diseases, public health, environmental and occupational health, virology, agronomy, crop science, and epidemiology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to viral infections and vectors, animal disease management and epidemiology, rabies epidemiology and control, virology and viral diseases, zoonotic diseases and public health, vector-borne animal diseases, and viral infections and outbreaks research.

The following recent papers provide insight into their research contributions:

  • Post COVID-19: a solution scan of options for preventing future zoonotic epidemics (2021) - Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV): Biology, Genomics and Genotypes Circulating in Sub-Saharan Africa (2021) - Viruses
  • Rabies and the pandemic: lessons for One Health (2021) - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • One Health for neglected tropical diseases (2020) - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Distemper, extinction, and vaccination of the Amur tiger (2020) - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Blandina T. Mmbaga
  • Felix Lankester
  • Katie Hampson
  • John A. Crump
  • Emmanuel S. Swai

The scientist has published frequently in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Throughout their career, Sarah Cleaveland has received several distinctions, including the Frink Medal from the Zoological Society of London in 2016, election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of the United Kingdom in 2016, membership in the National Academy of Medicine in 2015, fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2012, and fellowship at The Academy of Medical Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Estimating the global burden of endemic canine rabies.

    Katie Hampson;Laurent Coudeville;Tiziana Lembo;Maganga Sambo

  • Driving improvements in emerging disease surveillance through locally relevant capacity strengthening.

    Jo E. B. Halliday;Katie Hampson;Nick Hanley;Tiziana Lembo

  • Re-evaluating the burden of rabies in Africa and Asia

    Darryn L. Knobel;Sarah Cleaveland;Paul G. Coleman;Eric M. Fèvre

  • Diseases of humans and their domestic mammals: pathogen characteristics, host range and the risk of emergence

    S. Cleaveland;M.K. Laurenson;L.H. Taylor

  • Identifying reservoirs of infection: a conceptual and practical challenge.

    Daniel T. Haydon;Sarah Cleaveland;Louise H. Taylor;M. Karen Laurenson

  • A canine distemper virus epidemic in Serengeti lions ( Panthera leo )

    Melody E. Roelke-Parker;Linda Munson;Craig Packer;Richard Kock

  • Animal movements and the spread of infectious diseases.

    Eric M. Fèvre;Barend M. de C. Bronsvoort;Katie A. Hamilton;Sarah Cleaveland

  • Transmission Dynamics and Prospects for the Elimination of Canine Rabies

    Katie Hampson;Jonathan Dushoff;Sarah Cleaveland;Sarah Cleaveland;Daniel T. Haydon

  • The feasibility of canine rabies elimination in Africa: dispelling doubts with data.

    Tiziana Lembo;Katie Hampson;Magai T. Kaare;Eblate Ernest

  • Estimating human rabies mortality in the United Republic of Tanzania from dog bite injuries

    Sarah Cleaveland;Eric M. Fèvre;Magai Kaare;Paul G. Coleman

  • A dog rabies vaccination campaign in rural Africa: impact on the incidence of dog rabies and human dog-bite injuries.

    S Cleaveland;M Kaare;P Tiringa;T Mlengeya

  • Assembling evidence for identifying reservoirs of infection

    Mafalda Viana;Rebecca Mancy;Roman Biek;Sarah Cleaveland

  • Serological and demographic evidence for domestic dogs as a source of canine distemper virus infection for Serengeti wildlife.

    S Cleaveland;M.G.J Appel;W.S.K Chalmers;C Chillingworth

  • Brucellosis in low-income and middle-income countries.

    Matthew P. Rubach;Jo E.B. Halliday;Sarah Cleaveland;John A. Crump

  • Canine vaccination--providing broader benefits for disease control.

    Sarah Cleaveland;Magai Kaare;Darryn Knobel;M. Karen Laurenson;M. Karen Laurenson

  • Rabies Exposures, Post-Exposure Prophylaxis and Deaths in a Region of Endemic Canine Rabies

    Katie Hampson;Andy Dobson;Magai Kaare;Jonathan Dushoff

  • Exploring reservoir dynamics: a case study of rabies in the Serengeti ecosystem

    Tiziana Lembo;Tiziana Lembo;Katie Hampson;Katie Hampson;Katie Hampson;Daniel T. Haydon;Meggan Craft;Meggan Craft

  • Evaluation of a direct, rapid immunohistochemical test for rabies diagnosis.

    Tiziana Lembo;Michael Niezgoda;Andrés Velasco-Villa;Sarah Cleaveland

  • Correction: Estimating the global burden of endemic canine rabies.

    Katie Hampson;Laurent Coudeville;Tiziana Lembo;Maganga Sambo

  • Low-coverage vaccination strategies for the conservation of endangered species

    D T Haydon;D A Randall;L Matthews;D L Knobel

  • Rabies control in rural Africa: evaluating strategies for effective domestic dog vaccination.

    M. Kaare;T. Lembo;T. Lembo;K. Hampson;K. Hampson;E. Ernest

  • Evidence-based control of canine rabies: a critical review of population density reduction

    Michelle K. Morters;Olivier Restif;Katie Hampson;Sarah Cleaveland

  • Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) about Rabies Prevention and Control: A Community Survey in Tanzania

    Maganga Sambo;Tiziana Lembo;Sarah Cleaveland;Heather M. Ferguson

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel T. Haydon
Daniel T. Haydon University of Glasgow
Rudovick R. Kazwala
Rudovick R. Kazwala Sokoine University of Agriculture
John A. Crump
John A. Crump University of Otago
Darryn L. Knobel
Darryn L. Knobel Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine
Craig Packer
Craig Packer University of Minnesota
Anthony R. Fooks
Anthony R. Fooks St George's, University of London
Andrew A. Cunningham
Andrew A. Cunningham Zoological Society of London
Brian J. Willett
Brian J. Willett University of Glasgow
Robert F. Breiman
Robert F. Breiman Emory University

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