Browsing Life sciences and Bio-engineering by Author "Cash-Goldwasser, Shama"

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    • Prevalence and risk factors for human leptospirosis at a hospital serving a pastoralist community, Endulen, Tanzania 

      MazeI, Michael; Shirima, Gabriel; Lukambagire, Abdul-Hamid; Bodenham, Rebecca; Rubach, Matthew; Cash-Goldwasser, Shama; Carugati, Manuela; Thomas, Kate; Sakasaka, Philoteus; Mkenda, Nestory; Allan, Kathryn; Kazwala, Rudovick; Mmbaga, Blandina; Buza, Joram; Maro, Venance; Galloway, Renee; Haydon, Daniel; T., John; Halliday, Jo (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 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 ...