Browsing by Author "Halliday, Jo"
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“He Who Relies on His Brother's Property Dies Poor”: The Complex Narratives of Livestock Care in Northern Tanzania
(Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021-11-03)Background: Endemic zoonoses have important impacts for livestock-dependent households in East Africa. In these communities, people's health and livelihoods are severely affected by livestock disease losses. Understanding ... -
Integrating serological and genetic data to quantify cross-species transmission: brucellosis as a case study
(Cambridge University Press, 2016-03-03)Epidemiological data are often fragmented, partial, and/or ambiguous and unable to yield the desired level of understanding of infectious disease dynamics to adequately inform control measures. Here, we show how the ... -
Inter-epidemic Rift Valley fever virus infection incidence and risks for zoonotic spillover in northern Tanzania
(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 ... -
Latent class evaluation of the performance of serological tests for exposure to Brucella spp. in cattle, sheep, and goats in Tanzania
(PLOS Medicine, 2021-08-24)Brucellosis is a neglected zoonosis endemic in many countries, including regions of sub-Saharan Africa. Evaluated diagnostic tools for the detection of exposure to Brucella spp. are important for disease surveillance and ... -
Molecular detection and genetic characterization of Bartonella species from rodents and their associated ectoparasites from northern Tanzania
(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.
(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 ... -
Molecular epidemiology of Brucella species in mixed livestock-human ecosystems in Kenya
(Springer Nature Limited, 2021-04-23)Brucellosis, caused by several species of the genus Brucella, is a zoonotic disease that affects humans and animal species worldwide. Information on the Brucella species circulating in different hosts in Kenya is largely ... -
One Health contributions towards more effective and equitable approaches to health in low- and middle-income countries
(Published by the Royal Society, 2017)Emerging zoonoses with pandemic potential are a stated priority for the global health security agenda, but endemic zoonoses also have a major societal impact in low-resource settings. Although many endemic zoonoses can ... -
Performance characteristics and costs of serological tests for brucellosis in a pastoralist community of northern Tanzania
(Springer Nature Limited, 2021-03-09)The control of brucellosis across sub-Saharan Africa is hampered by the lack of standardized testing and the use of tests with poor performance. This study evaluated the performance and costs of serological assays for human ... -
Prevalence and risk factors for human leptospirosis at a hospital serving a pastoralist community, Endulen, Tanzania
(PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023-12-20)Background Leptospirosis is suspected to be a major cause of illness in rural Tanzania associated with close contact with livestock. We sought to determine leptospirosis prevalence, identify infecting Leptospira serogroups, ... -
Prevalence and risk factors for Q fever, spotted fever group rickettsioses, and typhus group rickettsioses in a pastoralist community of northern Tanzania, 2016–2017
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2024-01-12)Background: In northern Tanzania, Q fever, spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses, and typhus group (TG) rickettsioses are common causes of febrile illness. We sought to describe the prevalence and risk factors for these ... -
Prevalence and speciation of brucellosis in febrile patients from a pastoralist community of Tanzania.
(Springer Nature Limited, 2020-04-27)Brucellosis is an endemic zoonosis in sub-Saharan Africa. Pastoralists are at high risk of infection but data on brucellosis from these communities are scarce. The study objectives were to: estimate the prevalence of human ... -
Prospective cohort study reveals unexpected aetiologies of livestock abortion in northern Tanzania
(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 ... -
Serological and molecular evidence of Brucella species in the rapidly growing pig sector in Kenya.
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2020-05-11)Background: Brucellosis is an emerging yet neglected zoonosis that has been reported in Kenya. Epidemiological data on brucellosis in ruminants is readily accessible; however, reports on brucellosis in pigs remain limited. ...
