Browsing Life sciences and Bio-engineering by Author "Swai, Emanuel"

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    • “He Who Relies on His Brother's Property Dies Poor”: The Complex Narratives of Livestock Care in Northern Tanzania 

      Davis, Alicia; Virhia, Jennika; Buza, Joram; Crump, John; de Glanville, William; Halliday, Jo; Lankester, Felix; Mappi, Tauta; Mnzava, Kunda; Swai, Emanuel; Thomas, Kate; Toima, Mamus; Cleaveland, Sarah; Mmbaga, Blandina; Sharp, Jo (Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021-11-03)
      Background: Endemic zoonoses have important impacts for livestock-dependent households in East Africa. In these communities, people's health and livelihoods are severely affected by livestock disease losses. Understanding ...

    • Inter-epidemic Rift Valley fever virus infection incidence and risks for zoonotic spillover in northern Tanzania 

      Ngonzi, Amos; Glanville, William; Nyarobi, James; Kibona, Tito; Halliday, Jo; Thomas, Kate; Allan, Kathryn; Johnson, Paul; Davis, Alicia; Lankester, Felix; Claxton, John; Rosta, Melinda; Carter, Ryan; Jong, Rosanne; Rubach, Matthew; Crump, John; Mmbaga, Blandina; Nyasebwa, Obed; Swai, Emanuel; Willett, Brian; Cleaveland, Sarah (PLOS, 2022-10-28)
      Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a mosquito-borne pathogen that has caused epidemics involving people and animals across Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. A number of studies have found evidence for the circulation of ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...