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Francisco Olea Popelka
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Latest papers
Economic and health impacts of bovine and zoonotic tuberculosis on rural Zambian communities.
PLOS global public health · 2026
Passive sampling reveals composition of airborne bacteria and fungi across five East African cities
2026
Public Health, One Health, and Planetary Health: what is next?
European journal of public health · 2025 · first author
Latest funding
- $140,000
Towards a One Health Framework for Drinking Water: Molecular Profiling of Antimicrobial Resistance across Ontario
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
11 publications.
Economic and health impacts of bovine and zoonotic tuberculosis on rural Zambian communities.
Phiri A, Zulu M, Phiri M, Malata M, Kalenga S, Olea-Popelka F, Malama S
Passive sampling reveals composition of airborne bacteria and fungi across five East African cities
Kalisa E, Harner T, Sudmant A, Adams M, Olea-Popelka F, Ujeneza Y, Kwabe F, Lee K, Pointing S, Nsabimana A
Public Health, One Health, and Planetary Health: what is next?
Olea-Popelka F, Redvers N, Stranges S
Effects of Butorphanol on Respiration in White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) Immobilized with Etorphine-Azaperone.
Buss P, Miller M, Fuller A, Haw A, Thulson E, Olea-Popelka F, Meyer L
Whole genome sequencing improves the discrimination between Mycobacterium bovis strains on the southern border of Kruger National Park, South Africa.
Roos EO, Loubser J, Kerr TJ, Dippenaar A, Streicher E, Olea-Popelka F, Robbe-Austerman S, Stuber T, Buss P, de Klerk-Lorist LM, Warren RM, van Helden PD, Parsons SDC, Miller MA
The experiences and challenges of community health volunteers as agents for behaviour change programming in Africa: a scoping review.
Ndu M, Andoniou E, McNally S, Olea Popelka F, Tippett M, Nouvet E
EFFECT OF CAPTURE AND IMMOBILIZATION ON BOMA ADAPTATION IN FREE-RANGING WHITE RHINOCEROS (CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM) IN KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH AFRICA.
Miller MA, Olea-Popelka F, Buss PE
EFFECT OF BOMA CONFINEMENT ON HEMATOLOGIC AND BIOCHEMICAL VALUES IN FREE-RANGING WHITE RHINOCEROS (CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM) IN KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH AFRICA.
Miller MA, Olea-Popelka F, Buss PE
Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 spreading under the influence of environmental factors and strategies to tackle the pandemic: A systematic review.
Asif Z, Chen Z, Stranges S, Zhao X, Sadiq R, Olea-Popelka F, Peng C, Haghighat F, Yu T
Recommendations and Action Plans to Improve Ex Situ Nutrition and Health of Marine Teleosts.
Williams S, Stoskopf M, Francis-Floyd R, Koutsos L, Dierenfeld E, Harmon T, Cicotello E, German D, Semmen K, Keaffaber J, Olea-Popelka F, Livingston S, Sullivan K, Valdes E
Towards a One Health Framework for Drinking Water: Molecular Profiling of Antimicrobial Resistance across Ontario
Principal investigators: Kabir, Md Pervez
Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance (Amr); Antimicrobial Resistance Genes (Args); Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria (Arb); Bioinformatics; Drinking Water; Environmental Health; Epidemiology; Genomics; Molecular Detection; One Health
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Earth, Environment & Society
- Other
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