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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 ...
Sulfonamide residues in commercial layer chicken eggs in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
(American Journal of Research Communication, 2014)
Sulfonamides are used in poultry production for prevention and treatment of bacterial and protozoal infections. Misuse of these drugs or poor adherence to drug withdrawal period has resulted in reports of unacceptable ...
IncF Plasmids Are Commonly Carried by Antibiotic Resistant Escherichia coli Isolated from Drinking Water Sources in Northern Tanzania
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation International Journal of Microbiology, 2016)
The aim of this study was to identify the replicon types of plasmids, conjugation efficiencies, and the complement of antibiotic
resistance genes for a panel of multidrug resistant E. coli isolates from surface waters in ...
Neutralization of Interleukin-10 Significantly Enhances Gamma Interferon Expression in Peripheral Blood by Stimulation with Johnin Purified Protein Derivative and by Infection with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Experimentally Infected Cattle with Paratuberculosis
(American Society for Microbiology, 2014-04)
Monoclonal antibody neutralization of interleukin-10 (IL-10) increased Johnin purified protein derivativeinduced
whole-blood gamma interferon (IFN- ) secretion 23-fold and also increased IFN- secretion ninefold
following ...
Intestinal Schistosomiasis among Primary Schoolchildren in Two On-Shore Communities in Rorya District, Northwestern Tanzania: Prevalence, Intensity of Infection and Associated Risk Factors
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2016-09-15)
In Tanzania, Schistosoma mansoni is of great public health importance. Understanding the prevalence and infection intensity is
important for targeted, evidence-based control strategies.This study aimed at studying the ...
Schistosoma mansoni Infections, Undernutrition and Anaemia among Primary Schoolchildren in Two Onshore Villages in Rorya District, North-Western Tanzania
(Plos One, 2016-12-09)
Background
Undernutrition and anaemia remains to be a major public health problem in many developing
countries, where they mostly affect children. Intestinal parasitic infections are known to
affect both growth and ...
Pattern and Distribution of Colorectal Cancer in Tanzania: A Retrospective Chart Audit at Two National Hospitals
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2016-08-09)
Background. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a growing public health concern with increasing rates in countries with previously known
low incidence. This study determined pattern and distribution of CRC in Tanzania and identified ...
Polymorphisms of the Chicken Mx Gene Promoter and Association with Chicken Embryos’ Susceptibility to Virulent Newcastle Disease Virus Challenge
(Hindawi, 2019-10-03)
Newcastle disease is a devastating viral disease of chicken in low- and middle-income countries where the backyard production
system is predominant. Marker-assisted selection of chickens that are resistant to Newcastle ...
The impact of malignant catarrhal fever virus challenge on physiological stress in cattle
(American Journal of Research Communication, 2014)
There is a lot of information in literature on animals succumbing to disease(s) after exposure to stressors. But little information is available on what happens to corticosterone hormones when animals are exposed to a ...
iMAP: an integrated bioinformatics and visualization pipeline for microbiome data analysis
(BioMed Central, 2019-07-03)
One of the major challenges facing investigators in the microbiome field is turning large numbers of reads generated by next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms into biological knowledge. Effective analytical workflows ...