Browsing by Author "Sambo, Maganga"

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    • Dog ownership practices and responsibilities for children's health in terms of rabies control and prevention in rural communities in Tanzania. 

      Sikana, Lwitiko; Lembo, Tiziana; Hampson, Katie; Lushasi, Kennedy; Mtenga, Sally; Sambo, Maganga; Wight, Daniel; Coutts, Jane; Kreppel, Katharina (PLOS ONE, 2021-03-01)
      Interventions tackling zoonoses require an understanding of healthcare patterns related to both human and animal hosts. The control of dog-mediated rabies is a good example. Despite the availability of effective control ...

    • Factors associated with poor compliance to rabies post-exposure prophylaxis among dog bite victims in Maswa District in Tanzania: a cross-sectional study 

      Walwa, Budodi; Kimaro, Esther; Mpolya, Emmanuel; Sambo, Maganga (Public health, 2024-05-22)
      Introduction: administering rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) in a timely and appropriate manner remains the most fundamental measure for preventing human rabies. However, a number of barriers to accessing and ...

    • Integrating contact tracing and whole- genome sequencing to track the elimination of dog-mediated rabies: An observational and genomic study 

      Lushasi, Kennedy; Brunker, Kirstyn; Rajeev, Malavika; Ferguson, Elaine; Jaswant, Gurdeep; Baker, Laurie; Biek, Roman; Changalucha, Joel; Cleaveland, Sarah; Czupryna, Anna; Fooks, Anthony; Govella, Nicodemus; Haydon, Daniel; Johnson, Paul; Kazwala, Rudovick; Lembo, Tiziana; Masoud, Msanif; Maziku, Matthew; Mbunda, Eberhard; Mchau, Geofrey; Mohamed, Ally; Mpolya, Emmanuel; Ngeleja, Chanasa; Ng'habi, Kija; Nonga, Hezron; Omar, Kassim; Rysava, Kristyna; Sambo, Maganga; Sikana, Lwitiko; Steenson, Rachel; Hampson, Katie (eLife Sciences Publications Ltd, 2023-05-25)
      Background: Dog-mediated rabies is endemic across Africa causing thousands of human deaths annually. A One Health approach to rabies is advocated, comprising emergency post-exposure vaccination of bite victims and mass ...

    • Integrating contact tracing and wholegenome sequencing to track the elimination of dog-mediated rabies: An observational and genomic study 

      Lushasi, Kennedy; Brunker, Kirstyn; Rajeev, Malavika; Ferguson, Elaine; Jaswant, Gurdeep; Baker, Laurie; Biek, Roman; Changalucha, Joel; Cleaveland, Sarah; Czupryna, Anna; Fooks, Anthony; Govella, Nicodemus; Haydon, Daniel; Johnson, Paul; Kazwala, Rudovick; Lembo, Tiziana; Marston, Denise; Masoud, Msanif; Maziku, Matthew; Mbunda, Eberhard; Mchau, Geofrey; Mohamed, Ally; Mpolya, Emmanuel; Ngeleja, Chanasa; Ng'habi, Kija; Nonga, Hezron; Omar, Kassim; Rysava, Kristyna; Sambo, Maganga; Sikana, Lwitiko; Steenson, Rachel; Hampson, Katie (eLife, 2023-05-23)
      Background: Dog-mediated rabies is endemic across Africa causing thousands of human deaths annually. A One Health approach to rabies is advocated, comprising emergency post-exposure vaccination of bite victims and mass ...

    • Reservoir dynamics of rabies in south-east Tanzania and the roles of cross-species transmission and domestic dog vaccination 

      Lushasi, Kennedy; Hayes, Sarah; Ferguson, Elaine; Changalucha, Joel; Cleaveland, Sarah; Govella, Nicodem; Haydon, Daniel; Sambo, Maganga; Mchau, Geofrey; Mpolya, Emmanuel; Mtema, Zacharia; Nonga, Hezron; Steenson, Rachel; Nouvellet, Pierre; Donnelly, Christl; Hampson, Katie (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2021-08-21)
      Understanding the role of different species in the transmission of multi-host pathogens, such as rabies virus, is vital for effective control strategies. Across most of sub-Saharan Africa domestic dogs Canis familiaris are ...

    • Use of lay vaccinators in animal vaccination programmes: A scoping review 

      Duamor, Christian; Hampson, Katie; Lankester, Felix; Sambo, Maganga; Kreppel, Katharina; Wyke, Sally; Cleaveland, Sarah (PLOS ONE, 2021-08-11)
      Background The human resource gap in veterinary sectors, particularly in low-income countries, imposes limitations on the delivery of animal healthcare in hard-to-reach populations. Lay animal health workers have been ...