Browsing by Author "Sakasaka, Philoteus"

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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 ...

    • Performance characteristics and costs of serological tests for brucellosis in a pastoralist community of northern Tanzania 

      Lukambagire, AbdulHamid; Mendes, Ângelo; Bodenham, Rebecca; McGiven, John; Mkenda, Nestory; Mathew, Coletha; Rubach, Matthew; Sakasaka, Philoteus; Shayo, Davis; Maro, Venance; Shirima, Gabriel; Kasanga, Christopher; Kazwala, Rudovick; Halliday, Jo; Mmbaga, Blandina (Springer Nature Limited, 2021-03-09)
      The control of brucellosis across sub-Saharan Africa is hampered by the lack of standardized testing and the use of tests with poor performance. This study evaluated the performance and costs of serological assays for human ...

    • 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 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 ...