Browsing Research Articles [LISBE] by Author "Estes, Anna"

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    • Assessing Risk Factors for Trypanosome Infections in Cattle in Wildlife Interface Areas in Northern Tanzania 

      Ngongolo, Kelvin; Estes, Anna; Hudson, Peter; Gwakisa, Paul (Journal of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, 2019-05-04)
      Trypanosomosis is a vector-borne, tropical disease that causes mortality and morbidity in livestock and humans. In this study we investigated the risk factors for trypanosome infection in cattle in the Maasai Steppe of ...

    • Identification of Bacillus anthracis, Brucella spp., and Coxiella burnetii DNA signatures from bushmeat 

      Katani, Robab; Schilling, Megan; Lyimo, Beatus; Eblate, Ernest; Martin, Andimile; Tonui, Triza; Cattadori, Isabella; Francesconi, Stephen; Estes, Anna; Rentsch, Dennis; Srinivasan, Sreenidhi; Lyimo, Samson; Munuo, Lidia; Tiambo, Christian; Stomeo, Francesca; Gwakisa, Paul; Mosha, Fausta; Hudson, Peter; Buza, Joram; Kapur, Vivek (Springer Nature Limited, 2021-07-21)
      Meat from wildlife species (bushmeat) represents a major source of dietary protein in low- and middle-income countries where humans and wildlife live in close proximity. Despite the occurrence of zoonotic pathogens in ...

    • Influence of Land Cover and Host Species on Trypanosome Infection in Cattle and its Socio-Economic Impacts to Pastoralists of the Maasai Steppe, Tanzania 

      Ngongolo, Kelvin; Shirima, Gabriel; Mpolya, Emmanuel; Estes, Anna; Hudson, Peter; Gwakisa, Paul (Journal of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, 2020-01-27)
      Introduction Trypanosome infections result into trypanosomosis in cattle and this is an infection detrimental to pastoralist income. The patterns of transmission are thought to be influenced by ecological factors including ...

    • Microbial Diversity in Bushmeat Samples Recovered from the Serengeti Ecosystem in Tanzania 

      Katani, Robab; Schilling, Megan; Lyimo, Beatus; Tonui, Triza; Cattadori, Isabella; Eblate, Ernest; Martin, Andimile; Estes, Anna; Buza, Teresia; Rentsch, Dennis; Davenpor, Karen; Hovde, Blake; Lyimo, Samson; Munuo, Lydia; Stomeo, Francesca; Tiambo, Christian; Radzio-Basu, Jessica; Mosha, Fausta; Hudson, Peter; Buza, Joram; Kapur, Vivek (Nature Publishing Group UK, 2019-12-02)
      Bushmeat, the meat and organs derived from wildlife species, is a common source of animal protein in the diets of those living in sub-Saharan Africa and is frequently associated with zoonotic spillover of dangerous pathogens. ...

    • Molecular species identification of bushmeat recovered from the Serengeti ecosystem in Tanzania. 

      Schilling, Megan; Estes, Anna; Eblate, Ernest; Martin, Andimile; Rentsch, Dennis; Katani, Robab; Joseph, Asteria; Kindoro, Fatuma; Lyimo, Beatus; Radzio-Basu, Jessica; Cattadori, Isabella; Hudson, Peter; Kapur, Vivek; Gwakisa, Paul; Buza, Joram (PLOS ONE, 2020-09-14)
      Bushmeat harvesting and consumption represents a potential risk for the spillover of endemic zoonotic pathogens, yet remains a common practice in many parts of the world. Given that the harvesting and selling of bushmeat ...