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    • Inter-epidemic Rift Valley fever virus infection incidence and risks for zoonotic spillover in northern Tanzania 

      Ngonzi, Amos; Glanville, William; Nyarobi, James; Kibona, Tito; Halliday, Jo; Thomas, Kate; Allan, Kathryn; Johnson, Paul; Davis, Alicia; Lankester, Felix; Claxton, John; Rosta, Melinda; Carter, Ryan; Jong, Rosanne; Rubach, Matthew; Crump, John; Mmbaga, Blandina; Nyasebwa, Obed; Swai, Emanuel; Willett, Brian; Cleaveland, Sarah (PLOS, 2022-10-28)
      Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a mosquito-borne pathogen that has caused epidemics involving people and animals across Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. A number of studies have found evidence for the circulation of ...
    • Molecular detection and genetic characterization of Bartonella species from rodents and their associated ectoparasites from northern Tanzania 

      Theonest, Ndyetabura; Carter, Ryan; Amani, Nelson; Doherty, Siaˆn; Hugho, Ephrasia; Keyyu, Julius; Mable, Barbara; Shirima, Gabriel; Tarimo, Rigobert; Thomas, Kate; Haydon, Daniel; Buza, Joram; Allan, Kathryn; Halliday, Jo (PLOS ONE, 2019-10-15)
      Background Bartonellae are intracellular bacteria, which can cause persistent bacteraemia in humans and a variety of animals. Several rodent-associated Bartonella species are human pathogens but data on their global ...
    • Molecular detection of Coxiella burnetii infection in small mammals from Moshi Rural and Urban Districts, northern Tanzania. 

      Theonest, Ndyetabura; Carter, Ryan; Kasagama, Elizabeth; Keyyu, Julius; Tarimo, Rigobert; Thomas, Kate; Wheelhouse, Nick; Maro, Venance; Haydon, Daniel; Buza, Joram; Allan, Kathryn; Halliday, Jo (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2020-12-05)
      Coxiella burnetii is an obligate intracellular bacterium that causes Q fever, a zoonotic disease of public health importance. In northern Tanzania, Q fever is a known cause of human febrile illness, but little is known ...
    • Prospective cohort study reveals unexpected aetiologies of livestock abortion in northern Tanzania 

      Thomas, Kate; Kibona, Tito; Claxton, John; de Glanville, William; Lankester, Felix; Amani, Nelson; Buza, Joram; Carter, Ryan; Chapman, Gail; Crump, John; Dagleish, Mark; Halliday, Jo; Hamilton, Clare; Innes, Elisabeth; Katzer, Frank; Livingstone, Morag; Longbottom, David; Millins, Caroline; Mmbaga, Blandina; Mosha, Victor; Nyarobi, James; Nyasebwa, Obed; Russell, George; Sanka, Paul; Semango, George; Wheelhouse, Nick; Willett, Brian; Cleaveland, Sarah; Allan, Kathryn (Springer Nature Limited, 2022-07-08)
      Livestock abortion is an important cause of productivity losses worldwide and many infectious causes of abortion are zoonotic pathogens that impact on human health. Little is known about the relative importance of infectious ...