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Classification and characterisation of livestock production systems in northern Tanzania.
(PLOS ONE, 2020-12-30)
Livestock keepers in sub-Saharan Africa face a range of pressures, including climate change, land loss, restrictive policies, and population increase. Widespread adaptation in response can lead to the emergence of new, ...
Inter-epidemic Rift Valley fever virus infection incidence and risks for zoonotic spillover in northern Tanzania
(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 ...
Participation in mass dog vaccination campaigns in Tanzania: Benefits of community engagement
(Frontiers, 2022-10-13)
Background: Canine rabies causes about 59,000 human deaths each year globally but the disease can be eliminated by sustaining sufficient dog vaccination coverage over several consecutive years. A challenge to achieving ...
Integrating contact tracing and wholegenome sequencing to track the elimination of dog-mediated rabies: An observational and genomic study
(eLife, 2023-05-23)
Background:
Dog-mediated rabies is endemic across Africa causing thousands of human deaths annually. A One Health approach to rabies is advocated, comprising emergency post-exposure vaccination of bite victims and mass ...