Browsing Research Articles [LISBE] by Author "Ashford, Roland"

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    • Complete genome sequence of Brucella abortus isolated from a human blood culture sample in Tanzania 

      Mbwambo, Gershom; Zwetselaar, Marco; Sonda, Tolbert; Lukambagire, AbdulHamid; Njau, Judith; Wadugu, Boaz; Ignass, Ignass; Amani, Nelson; Hugho, Ephrasia; Rubach, Matthew; Sakasaka, Philoteus; Oisso, Rose; Mkenda, Nestory; Shirima, Gabriel; Ashford, Roland; Haydon, Daniel; Maro, Venance; Kazwala, Rudovick; Kumburu, Happiness; Mmbaga, Blandina; Halliday, Jo E. (American society for microbiology, 2024-01-30)
      Brucella abortus causes infections in humans and livestock. Bacterial isolates are challenging to obtain, and very little is known about the genomic epidemiology of this species in Africa. Here, we report the complete ...

    • 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 ...