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Knowledge and practices related to plague persistence in plague-endemic foci, Mbulu District, Tanzania
(Public Library of Science, 2024-05-30)Plague continues to be a major public health concern in African countries. Several social practices and environmental conditions have been associated with the reoccurrence of bubonic plague, especially in places where ... -
Knowledge, attitude, and practices on intestinal schistosomiasis among primary schoolchildren in the Lake Victoria basin, Rorya District, north-western Tanzania
(BMC Public Health, 2017-09-21)Background: Globally school-age children, adolescents and young adults bear the highest burden of schistosomiasis. When developing a specific intervention to improve community’s knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAPs), ... -
Knowledge, attitudes and practices on malaria in relation to its transmission among primary school children in Bagamoyo district, Tanzania
(MalariaWorld Journal, 2016-02)Background. Communities’ knowledge, attitudes and practices on malaria disease often remain unobserved during malaria control efforts. In Tanzania, many studies focus on increasing community knowledge and awareness on ... -
Lablab purpureus: Analysis of landraces cultivation and distribution, farming systems, and some climatic trends in production areas in Tanzania
(De Gruyter Open Access, 2023-01-01)Lablab is a multifunctional crop that is underutilized in Africa. This study was performed to assess Lablab landraces cultivation and distribution, farming systems, and some climatic trends in Lablab production areas in ... -
Lablab purpureus: Evaluation and Selection of Drought-tolerant - High-yielding Accessions in Dry Farming Systems Based on Drought Tolerance Indices and Multi- environmental Yield Trials
(Ankara University, 2023-03-03)Breeding for drought tolerance in crops requires responding knowledge on the moisture regimes of crops. This study was conducted to evaluate and select the drought tolerant - high yield Lablab accessions in the dry farming ... -
Land cover correlates of Tsetse distribution and its implications for cattle movement and Trypanosomiasis control in the Maasai steppe
(NM-AIST, 2017-12)Anthropogenic activities changes ecosystem structure, and alter the vital rates of vectors, host-vector interaction and consequently disease transmission dynamics across the landscape. This research examined the participatory ... -
Land Use Land/Cover Change Reduces Woody Plant Diversity and Carbon Stocks in a Lowland Coastal Forest Ecosystem, Tanzania
(MDPI, 2022-07-13)The East-African lowland coastal forest (LCF) is one of Africa’s centres of species endemism, representing an important biodiversity hotspot. However, deforestation and forest degradation due to the high demand for ... -
Land use patterns influence the distribution of potentially toxic elements in soils of the Usangu Basin, Tanzania
(Elsevier Ltd., 2021-12)Spatial distribution of Potentially Toxic Elements (PTEs) in agricultural soils in Usangu Basin (Mbeya Region)-Tanzania were conducted. The study included three land-use types (paddy farming, maize farming, and conserved ... -
Large branchiopod occurrence and community structure in relation to land-use types in temporary ponds of northern Tanzania
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2023-02-14)Large branchiopods are a key component of the fauna of temporary ponds and play an important role in the functioning of these vulnerable ecosystems. Owing to the establishment of new settlements and agricultural expansion, ... -
Large-scale land acquisitions exacerbate local farmland inequalities in Tanzania
(National Academy of Sciences, 2023-07-31)Land inequality stalls economic development, entrenches poverty, and is associated with environmental degradation. Yet, rigorous assessments of land-use interventions attend to inequality only rarely. A land inequality ... -
Larvicidal activity of Hypoestes forskaolii (Vahl) R. Br root extracts against Anopheles gambiae Giless.s, Aedes aegypti L, and Culex quinquefasciatus Say
(Dove Press, 2019-04-26)Aim: This study aimed to evaluate larvicidal activity of Hypoestes forskaolii R. Br root extract against 3rd instar Anopheles gambiae, Aedes aegypti, and Culex quinquefasciatus. Methods: A protocol developed by the World ... -
Larvicidal Activity of Leaf and Stem extracts of Sterculiaquinquelob(Garcke) K. SchumAgainst the Anopheles gambiae Giles S.S, Culexquinquefasciatus Say and AedesaegyptiMosquito
(American Journal of Research Communication, 2014)Larvicidal activity of crude petroleum ether (PE), ethyl acetate (EtOAc) and methanol (MeOH) extracts of leaves and stem barks of Sterculiaquinqueloba (Garcke) K. Schum were testedagainst the late 3 instar larvae of ... -
Larvicidal and phytochemical analysis of Hypoestes forskaolii extracts against Anopheles gambiae, Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus
(NM-AIST, 2020-08)This research evaluated larvicidal potencies and phytochemical analysis of Hypoestes forskaolii (vahl) R. Br root extracts. Larvicidal activities were tested to Anopheles gambiae, Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus. ... -
Larvicidal potential of wild mushroom extracts against Culex quinquefasciatus Say, Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae Giles S.S
(American Journal of Research Communication, 2014)The crude extracts from six wild mushrooms namely Lactarius densifolius, Lactarius gymnocarpoides, Russula cellulata, Russula kivuensis, Amanita phalloides and Boletus species were evaluated for larvicidal activity against ... -
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 ... -
Leaf and seed yield of jute mallow (Corchorus olitorius L.) accessions under field conditions for two consecutive growing seasons
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-04-11)Jute mallow is a nutritious leafy vegetable used by many people in Africa. The purpose of this study was to select accessions with high leaf yield and seed yield. We investigated seven agronomic traits that are related ... -
Linking rhizosphere bacterial diversity and soil fertility in tobacco plants under different soil types and cropping pattern in Tanzania: A pilot study
(Heliyon, 2020-07-08)Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.), one of the major crop plants in Tanzania, cropping affects the level of soil fertility, but the reason has not been known. Plant rhizosphere plays an important role in affecting soil fertility ... -
Livestock Browsing Threatens the Survival of Balanites aegyptiaca Seedlings and Saplings in Dinder Biosphere Reserve, Sudan
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2021-06-03)While the impact of livestock grazing has been frequently assessed for grasses, little is known about how livestock affects tree seedlings and saplings. We explored the effects of goat, cattle and camel browsing on the ... -
Livestock movement informs the risk of disease spread in traditional production systems in East Africa
(Springer Nature Limited, 2021-08-12)In Africa, livestock are important to local and national economies, but their productivity is constrained by infectious diseases. Comprehensive information on livestock movements and contacts is required to devise appropriate ... -
Load and Prevalence of Antimicrobial-Resistant Escherichia coli from Fresh Goat Meat in Arusha, Tanzania
(Journal of Food Protection, 2016)Given the potential public health risks associated with a burgeoning goat meat industry in Tanzania, we estimated the load of Escherichia coli and the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant strains for goat meat by using a ...