Browsing Life sciences and Bio-engineering by Author "Kessy, Stella"
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Associated factors contributing abundance of fleas on rodents in plague endemic area of Karatu district, northern Tanzania.
Jakoniko, Joshua; Massawe, Apia; Mwega, Elisa; Kessy, Stella (IEEE, 2023-07-10)Fleas are small wingless hematophagous insect that are frequently infesting on rodents and other small mammals while acting as reservoirs and vectors of many rodent borne zoonotic diseases including plague infectious disease ... -
Flea infestation of rodent and their community structure in frequent and non-frequent plague outbreak areas in Mbulu district, northern Tanzania
Kessy, Stella; Makundi, RhodesH.; Massawe, Apia; Rija, Alfan (Elsevier, 2024-03-04)Understanding rodent-ectoparasite interactions and the factors driving them is important in understanding the epidemiology of diseases involving an arthropod vector. Fleas are the primary vector for Yersinia pestis, ... -
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
Kessy, Stella; Makundi, RhodesH.; Massawe, Apia; Rija, Alfan (ELSEVIER, 2024-03-04)Understanding rodent-ectoparasite interactions and the factors driving them is important in understanding the epidemiology of diseases involving an arthropod vector. Fleas are the primary vector for Yersinia pestis, ... -
Knowledge and practices related to plague persistence in plague-endemic foci, Mbulu District, Tanzania
Kessy, Stella; Rija, Alfan (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 ... -
Population dynamics of the Multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis) and Makundi’s brush fur rat (Lophuromys makundii) and their implications in disease …
Kessy, Stella; Sabuni, Christopher; Massawe, Apia; Makundi, Rhodes; Rija, Alfan (Springer, 2024-03-06)Understanding host population dynamics in connection to disease persistence is important for determining the epizootic risks present in plague foci. We used a capture-mark-recapture method to investigate the population ... -
Rodent abundance, diversity and community structure in a bubonic plague endemic area, northern Tanzania
Kessy, Stella; Makundi, Rhodes; Sabuni, Christopher; Massawe, Apia; Rija, Alfan (De Gruyter, 2023-08-07)Rodent-borne diseases such as bubonic plague remain a significant threat to public health in tropical countries. In plague-endemic areas, little information exists on the factors triggering periodic bursts, thus rendering ...