Browsing Life sciences and Bio-engineering by Author "Bodenham, Rebecca"

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    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...