Browsing Research Articles [LISBE] by Author "Kapur, Vivek"
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16S rRNA Amplicons Survey Revealed Unprecedented Bacterial Community in Solid Biomedical Wastes
Mwaikono, Kilaza Samson; Maina, Solomon; Sebastian, Aswathy; Kapur, Vivek; Gwakisa, Paul (Science and Education Publishing, 2015)Despite known risks of inappropriate disposal of biomedical solid waste; most cities in developing countries are still disposing unsorted and untreated solid biomedical waste in common dumpsites. While many studies reported ... -
Advancing the development and implementation of regional, national tuberculosis control programs in livestock in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Bakker, Douwe; Buza, Joram; Álvarez, Julio; Kapur, Vivek (Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023-04-18)Tuberculosis in livestock caused by members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTb) complex is a notifiable zoonotic animal disease (1), which has been eradicated or held to very low prevalence levels in many high-income ... -
Conserved, breed-dependent, and subline-dependent innate immune responses of Fayoumi and Leghorn chicken embryos to Newcastle disease virus infection.
Schilling, Megan; Memari, Sahar; Cavanaugh, Meredith; Katani, Robab; Deist, Melissa; Radzio-Basu, Jessica; Lamont, Susan; Buza, Joram; Kapur, Vivek (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 ... -
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 ... -
Identifying Age Cohorts Responsible for Peste Des Petits Ruminants Virus Transmission among Sheep, Goats, and Cattle in Northern Tanzania.
Herzog, Catherine; de Glanville, William; Willett, Brian; Cattadori, Isabella; Kapur, Vivek; Hudson, Peter; Swai, Emmanuel; Cleaveland, Sarah; Bjørnstad, Ottar; Buza, Joram (MDPI, 2020-02-07)Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) causes a contagious disease of high morbidity and mortality in global sheep and goat populations. To better control this disease and inform eradication strategies, an improved ... -
iMAP: an integrated bioinformatics and visualization pipeline for microbiome data analysis
Buza, Teresia; Tonui, Triza; Stomeo, Francesca; Tiambo, Christian; Katani, Robab; Schilling, Megan; Lyimo, Beatus; Gwakisa, Paul; Cattadori, Isabella; Buza, Joram; Kapur, Vivek (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 ... -
iMAP: an integrated bioinformatics and visualization pipeline for microbiome data analysis
Buza, Teresia; Tonui, Triza; Stomeo, Francesca; Tiambo, Christian; Katani, Robab; Schilling, Megan; Lyimo, Beatus; Gwakisa, Paul; Cattadori, Isabella; Buza, Teresia; Kapur, Vivek (BMC Bioinformatics, 2019)Background: 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 ... -
Innate Immune Genes Associated With Newcastle Disease Virus Load in Chick Embryos From Inbred and Outbred Lines
Schilling, Megan; Memari, Sahar; Cattadori, Isabella; Katani, Robab; Muhairwa, Amandus; Buza, Joram; Kapur, Vivek (Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019-06-20)Newcastle disease virus (NDV) causes substantial economic losses to smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries with high levels of morbidity and mortality in poultry flocks. Previous investigations have suggested ... -
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 ... -
Pastoral production is associated with increased peste des petits ruminants seroprevalence in northern Tanzania across sheep, goats and cattle
Herzog, Catherine; de Glanville, William; Willett, Brian; Kibona, Tito; Cattadori, Isabella; Kapur, Vivek; Hudson, Peter; Buza, Joram; Cleaveland, Sarah; Bjørnstad, Ottar (Cambridge University Press, 2019-07-18)Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) causes a contagious disease of high morbidity and mortality in small ruminant populations globally. Using cross-sectional serosurvey data col- lected in 2016, our study investigated ... -
Perception and Risk Factors Associated with Tuberculosis in the Manyara Region, Tanzania2
Masanga, Prudence; Paul, Sarapia; Mbelele, Peter; Daud, Peter; Liyoyo, Alphonce; Munuo, Lidia; Lyimo, Samson; Lyimo, Beatus; Srinivasan, Sreenidhi; Cattadori, Isabella; Katani, Robab; Kapur, Vivek; Mpagama, Stella; Buza, Joram (MDPI, 2023-10-06)Tuberculosis (TB) results from infection with members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and represents a major global public health concern. We here sought to assess the perceptions of human and animal TB ... -
Peste des petits ruminants Virus Transmission Scaling and Husbandry Practices That Contribute to Increased Transmission Risk: An Investigation among Sheep, Goats, and Cattle in Northern Tanzania
Herzog, Catherine; de Glanville, William; Willett, Brian; Cattadori, Isabella; Kapur, Vivek; Hudson, Peter; Buza, Joram; Swai, Emmanuel; Cleaveland, Sarah; Bjørnstad, Ottar (MDPI, 2020-08-24)Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) causes an infectious disease of high morbidity and mortality among sheep and goats which impacts millions of livestock keepers globally. PPRV transmission risk varies by production ... -
Transcriptional Innate Immune Response of the Developing Chicken Embryo to Newcastle Disease Virus Infection
Schilling, Megan; Katani, Robab; Memari, Sahar; Cavanaugh, Meredith; Buza, Joram; Radzio-Basu, Jessica; Mpenda, Fulgence; Deist, Melissa; Lamont, Susan; Kapur, Vivek (Frontiers in Genetics, 2018-02-27)Traditional approaches to assess the immune response of chickens to infection are through animal trials, which are expensive, require enhanced biosecurity, compromise welfare, and are frequently influenced by confounding ...