Browsing by Subject "Bacterial infection"

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    • Performance characteristics and costs of serological tests for brucellosis in a pastoralist community of northern Tanzania 

      Lukambagire, AbdulHamid; Mendes, Ângelo; Bodenham, Rebecca; McGiven, John; Mkenda, Nestory; Mathew, Coletha; Rubach, Matthew; Sakasaka, Philoteus; Shayo, Davis; Maro, Venance; Shirima, Gabriel; Kasanga, Christopher; Kazwala, Rudovick; Halliday, Jo; Mmbaga, Blandina (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 speciation of brucellosis in febrile patients from a pastoralist community of Tanzania. 

      Bodenham, Rebecca; Lukambagire, Abdul; Ashford, Roland; Buza, Joram; Cash-Goldwasser, Shama; Crump, John; Kazwala, Rudovick; Maro, Venance; McGiven, John; Mkenda, Nestory; Mmbaga, Blandina; Rubach, Matthew; Sakasaka, Philoteus; Shirima, Gabriel; Swai, Emanuel; Thomas, Kate; Whatmore, Adrian; Haydon, Daniel; Halliday, Jo (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 ...