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Drivers of vaccination preferences to protect a low-value livestock resource: Willingness to pay for Newcastle disease vaccines by smallholder households.
(Elsevier Ltd., 2019-01-03)
Vaccination can be an effective risk management approach to minimize the burden of disease and increase livestock productivity for smallholder households in low income countries. In contrast to vaccination of cattle, a ...
Detection of Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia and Concurrent Diseases in Outbreaks Presenting with Respiratory Signs in Small Ruminants in Tanzania
(International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health, 2020-07-06)
Aims: To establish the prevalence and concurrent diseases in outbreaks presenting with respiratory signs, major associated clinical signs and postmortem lesions and proportions of those diseases in clinically and autopsied ...
Mathematical models for the dynamics of alcohol related health risks with changing behavior via cultural beliefs in Tanzania
(Communications in Mathematical Biology and Neuroscience, 2021-03)
Alcoholism has continually posed health challenges in many communities for decades. In this paper, a more realistic model for health related risks associated with alcoholism is formulated. It considers a population proportion ...
Occupational hazards associated with human brucellosis in abattoir settings: A case study of Dodoma abattoir in Tanzania
(Academic Journals, 2019-03-31)
Brucellosis is one of the most widespread zoonotic diseases posing a serious obstacle to public health, food safety and security and, socio-economic development in most African countries. A cross-sectional study was conducted ...
Detection of peste des petits ruminants and concurrent secondary diseases in sheep and goats in Ngorongoro district, Tanzania
(Springer, 2018-11-15)
Small ruminants play an important role in the livelihoods of resource-constrained communities. This study was initiated because of a massive outbreak of a respiratory disease in sheep and goats in Loliondo area in Ngorongoro ...
Influence of fluoride on the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in selected fluoride endemic areas of Tanzania
(International Journal of Biosciences, 2019-11-15)
Diabetes Mellitus prevalence in developing countries and globally is on the increase due to various factors and its
association with excessive fluoride contamination is not much elucidated. This study aims to determine ...
Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) on Hantavirus Infections at Community Level in Mbeya Region, Tanzania
(Longdom Publishing., 2018-10-26)
Background: Hantaviruses are zoonotic RNA viral pathogens of public health concern in Tanzania and
worldwide. These viruses circulate in both human and reservoir host in Tanzania, however, there is a gap in the
assessment ...
Detection of carrier state and genetic diversity of Theileria parva in ECF-vaccinated and naturally exposed cattle in Tanzania
(Elsevier B.V., 2019-08)
Infection and Treatment Method (ITM) has been practiced in Tanzania for over 20 years as a
prevention measure against East Coast Fever disease. It is known that ITM, like natural ECF
infection, leads to a carrier state, ...
Prevalence and risk factors for Q fever, spotted fever grouprickettsioses, and typhus group rickettsioses in a pastoralistcommunity of northern Tanzania, 2016–2017
(Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2024-02-01)
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 ...
Determinants of Dogs’ Helminth Treatment-Seeking Behavior among Dog Owners in Rural Northern Tanzania: Towards Control of Taenia multiceps, an Emerging Threat to Small Ruminants’ Productivity
(Preprints, 2024-02-20)
Taeniid infections pose a significant threat to both animal and public health, as certain
tapeworms within this group can also infect humans, potentially leading to severe health
conditions. Therefore, this calls for ...