Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control carries out unique
scientific and educational activities by bringing together experts in bacteriology,
virology, parasitology, immunology, pathology and computer science.　

In 2007, Hokudai Center for Zoonosis Control in Zambia (HUCZCZ) was
established at the Samora Machel School of Veterinary Medicine at
the University of Zambia. Three resident Japanese reseachers work
in collaboration with local staff to conduct research in Zambia.

　More than 100 researchers, including professors, postdoctoral fellows and
students, have been dispatched from Hokkaido University to HUCZCZ to
carry out surveillance of hemorrhagic fever viruses, tubercular
mycobacterium, typanosoma and plague bacillus in Zambia.

Responding to requests from the University Teaching Hospital and
the Zambian Health Ministry, the center conducted clinical tests on
a fever of unknown origin, influenza and trypanosomiasis.

These constant efforts have led to the recognition of the importance of
this collaboration center, both in Zambia and its neighboring countries.