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Prevalence of Hypertension and Associated Risk Factors among Maasai Communities in Simanjiro, Tanzania
(Archives of Current Research International, 2015-10-30)
Aims: This study was conducted within a rural pastoral community of Maasai in Simanjiro District
of Tanzania to determine prevalence of hypertension and its determinants.
Study Design: This study was a population based ...
Prevalence of Group A Rotavirus in Piglets in a Peri-Urban Setting of Arusha, Tanzania
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc., 2016-01-07)
Aims: Rotavirus-associated enteritis is a major problem in livestock, notably in young piglets and
calves, and is also a zoonosis. It is also associated with diarrhoea mainly in children less than five
years of age. In ...
Prevalence Of Brucellosis In Livestock And Incidences In Humans In East Africaprevalence Of Brucellosis In Livestock And Incidences In Humans In East Africa
(African Crop Science Journal, 2016)
Brucellosis is an emerging zoonotic disease that poses a threat to both livestock and public health in east Africa.
There are several reports of occurrence of the disease in livestock populations especially in Tanzania ...
Production of mouse anti-quail IgY and subsequent labeling with horseradish peroxidase using cyanuric chloride.
(J. Microbiol. Biotechnol, 2013-04-01)
Polyclonal antibodies labeled with a tracer have been commonly used as secondary antibodies in immunochemical assays to quantify the concentration of antibody-antigen complexes. The majority of these antibodies conjugated ...
Prevalence of brucellosis in the human, livestock and wildlife interface areas of Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.
(AOSIS, 2016-05-24)
Between 2005 and 2006, a cross-sectional survey was carried out in domestic ruminants in agropastoral communities of Serengeti district, Tanzania to determine the seroprevalence of brucellosis in domestic-wildlife interface ...
Productivity of intercropping with maize and common bean over five cropping seasons on smallholder farms of Tanzania
(Elsevier B.V., 2019-11-14)
Intercropping with maize (Zea mays L.) and common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is one of the widely used practices of producing food crops on smallholder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, the knowledge on the ...
Differences in Hypertension Risk Factors between Rural Maasai in Ngorongoro and Urban Maasai in Arusha Municipal: A Descriptive Study
(Journal of Applied Life Sciences International, 2014-08-08)
Background: Many ethnic groups within Tanzania are migrating from rural to urban
areas in search of jobs and better livelihoods. One such group is the Maasai, whose
distinct ethnicity and lifestyle potentially offers ...
Different Plant Extracts against Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary in Tomato in Vitro
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc., 2019-04-30)
The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of plant extracts in
managing late blight disease in tomato, in vitro. Crude extracts were from
Plectranthus barbatus , Tephrosia vogelii , Sphaeranthus suaveolens ...
Determination of Vitamins A, C and D Status Using Serum Markers and a 24-Hour Dietary Recall among Maasai Women of Reproductive Age
(Open Access Library Journal, 2014-11)
We previously reported that the prevalence of oral thrush among Maasai women of reproductive age in Ngorongoro Conservation Area was abnormally high (32%) in the absence of immune-com- promising diseases such as HIV. This ...
Distribution and occurrence of indigenous strains of atoxigenic and toxigenic Aspergillus section Flavi in groundnut producing areas of Southern Tanzania
(Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences (JBES), 2019-04-28)
The objective of this study was to isolate and identify atoxigenic and toxigenic strains of Aspergillus section Flavi
in southern Tanzania, and investigate possible application of atoxigenic strains in control of aflatoxin ...