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Community knowledge, perceptions and water contact practices associated with transmission of urinary schistosomiasis in an endemic region: a qualitative crosssectional study
(BMC Public Health, 2019-06-07)
Background: In an effort to complement the current chemotherapy based schistosomiasis control interventions in
Shinyanga district, community knowledge, perceptions and water contact practices were qualitatively assessed
using ...
Current State of Modern Biotechnological-Based Vaccines for Aquaculture: A Systematic Review.
(Hindawi, 2019-07-29)
This systematic review describes what "the cutting edge vaccines for are". The focus is on types of high tech biotechnological based vaccines, target gene or antigen in developing these vaccines, and challenge model fish ...
Comparison of antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli obtained from drinking water sources in northern Tanzania: a cross-sectional study
(BMC Microbiology, 2016)
Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing and significant threat to public health on a global scale.
Escherichia coli comprises Gram-negative, fecal-borne pathogenic and commensal bacteria that are ...
Conserved, breed-dependent, and subline-dependent innate immune responses of Fayoumi and Leghorn chicken embryos to Newcastle disease virus infection.
(Scientific Reports, 2019-05-10)
Newcastle disease virus (NDV) is a threat to the global poultry industry, but particularly for smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries. Previous reports suggest that some breeds of chickens are less susceptible ...
Comparison of the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli isolates from commercial-layer and free-range chickens in Arusha district, Tanzania
(African Journal of Microbiology Research, 2016-09-14)
The antibiotic susceptibility of fecal Escherichia coli isolates from commercial-layer and free-range
chickens in Arusha district, Tanzania were compared. All the chickens were raised by individual
households, but ...
Demonstrative effects of crude extracts of Desmodium spp. to fight against the invasive weed species Tagetes minuta
(Elsevier, 2016)
Threats on native flora and fauna by invasive plant species represent one of the main conservation and management
challenges in rangelands. Methods that are both effective and ecologically safe to suppress invasives ...
Decline in maize and beans production in the face of climate change at Hai District in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2015)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how climatic change in Africa is expected to lead to a
higher occurrence of severe droughts in semiarid and arid ecosystems. Understanding how crop
productions react to such ...
Characterization and detection of maize-associated pteridovirus (MaPV), infecting maize (Zea mays) in the Arusha region of Tanzania
(Springer Nature, 2019-03-01)
Maize lethal necrosis disease (MLND) is currently threatening maize production in a large area of East Africa. Synergistic infections of Maize chlorotic mottle virus (MCMV) and members of the Potyviridae family are known ...
Bio-herbicide potential of naturalised Desmodium uncinatum crude leaf extract against the invasive plant species Parthenium hysterophorus
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2019-08-16)
The exotic plant Parthenium hysterophorus is rapidly invading ecosystems in sub-Saharan Africa, with negative effects on the environment, economy and human and animal health. With the exception of some synthetic herbicides, ...
A deconvolutional Bayesian mixing model approach for river basin sediment source apportionment
(Scientific Reports, 2018-08-30)
Increasing complexity in human-environment interactions at multiple watershed scales presents
major challenges to sediment source apportionment data acquisition and analysis. Herein, we present
a step-change in the ...