Browsing Life sciences and Bio-engineering by Author "Crump, John"

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    • Classification and characterisation of livestock production systems in northern Tanzania. 

      de Glanville, William; Davis, Alicia; Allan, Kathryn; Buza, Joram; Claxton, John; Crump, John; Halliday, Jo E B; Johnson, Paul; Kibona, Tito; Mmbaga, Blandina; Swai, Emmanuel; Uzzell, Christopher; Yoder, Jonathan; Sharp, Jo; Cleaveland, Sarah (PLOS ONE, 2020-12-30)
      Livestock keepers in sub-Saharan Africa face a range of pressures, including climate change, land loss, restrictive policies, and population increase. Widespread adaptation in response can lead to the emergence of new, ...

    • “He Who Relies on His Brother's Property Dies Poor”: The Complex Narratives of Livestock Care in Northern Tanzania 

      Davis, Alicia; Virhia, Jennika; Buza, Joram; Crump, John; de Glanville, William; Halliday, Jo; Lankester, Felix; Mappi, Tauta; Mnzava, Kunda; Swai, Emanuel; Thomas, Kate; Toima, Mamus; Cleaveland, Sarah; Mmbaga, Blandina; Sharp, Jo (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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • Latent class evaluation of the performance of serological tests for exposure to Brucella spp. in cattle, sheep, and goats in Tanzania 

      Bodenham, Rebecca; Mazeri, Stella; Cleaveland, Sarah; Crump, John; Fasina, Folorunso; Glanville, William; Haydon, Daniel; Kazwala, Rudovick; Kibona, Tito; Maro, Venance; Maze, Michael; Mmbaga, Blandina; Mtui-Malamsha, Niwael; Shirima, Gabriel; Swai, Emanuel; Thomas, Kate; deC Bronsvoort, Barend; Halliday, Jo (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 ...

    • One Health contributions towards more effective and equitable approaches to health in low- and middle-income countries 

      Cleaveland, Sarah; Sharp, Jo; Abela-Ridder, Bernadette; Allan, Kathryn; Buza, Joram; Crump, John; Davis, Adrian; Del Rio Vilas, Victor; de Glanville, William; Kazwala, Rudovick; Kibona, Tito; Lankester, Felix; Lugelo, Ahmed; Mmbaga, Blandina; Rubach, Matthew; Swai, Senyael; Waldman, Linda; Haydon, Daniel; Hampson, Katie; Halliday, Jo (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 ...

    • Prevalence and risk factors for Q fever, spotted fever group rickettsioses, and typhus group rickettsioses in a pastoralist community of northern Tanzania, 2016–2017 

      Moorthy, Ganga; Rubach, Matthew; Maze, Michael; .Refuerzo, Regina; Shirima, Gabriel; Lukambagire, AbdulHamid; Bodenham, Rebecca; Goldwasser, Shama; Thomas, Kate; Sakasaka, Philoteus; Mkenda, Nestory; Bowhay, Thomas; Perniciaro, Jamie; Nicholson, William; Kersh, Gilbert; Kazwala, Rudovick; Mmbaga, Blandina; . Buza, Joram; Maro, Venance; Haydon, Daniel; Crump, John; Halliday, Jo (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. 

      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 ...

    • Prevalence of Campylobacter and Salmonella in African food animals and meat: A systematic review and meta-analysis 

      Thomas, Kate; de Glanville, William; Barker, Gary; Benschop, Jackie; Buza, Joram; Cleaveland, Sarah; Davis, Margaret; Mmbaga, Blandina; Prinsen, Gerard; Swai, Emmanuel; Zadoks, Ruth; Crump, John (Elsevier, 2019-10-31)
      Background: Campylobacter and Salmonella, particularly non-typhoidal Salmonella, are important bacterial en- teric pathogens of humans which are often carried asymptomatically in animal reservoirs. Bacterial foodborne ...

    • 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 ...