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Assessing the practices, knowledge and perception of patients and health care workers towards prevention of tuberculosis in Dar Es Salaam Tanzania
(University of Zambia, 2015)
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global infectious disease health problem. It causes ill-health among millions of people each year. Tanzania, like other countries in Africa, shares the same TB burden with an estimated ...
Prevalence and risk factors associated with Trypanosomosis in Cattle Herds in Kilwa District of Lindi Region of Tanzania
(University of Zambia, 2015)
African Animal trypanosomosis (AAT) or Nagana and Human African Trypanosomosis (HAT) or Sleeping Sickness are complex chronic, debilitating, emaciating and often fatal diseases of animals and humans, respectively. This ...
Evaluation of the level of awareness of congenital toxoplasmosis and associated practices among pregnant women and health workers in Tanzania's Temeke District
(University of Zambia, 2016)
Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic disease caused by an intracellular obligate coccidian protozoan called Toxoplasma gondii. The parasite infects all warm blooded animals and usually develops in immune-compromised hosts. The risk ...
Isolation and molecular characterization of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria of Public Health significance from Humans and water in Namwala Districts of Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2016)
Globally, opportunistic infections due to environmental Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria are increasingly becoming a public health threat due to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome pandemic. ...
Risk mapping and ECO-Anthropological assessment of anthrax in the upper Zambezi Basin
(The University of Zambia, 2015)
Anthrax is an acute and invariably fatal zoonotic disease affecting multi-species and caused by a bacteria, Bacillus anthracis. In Zambia, anthrax has emerged as a serious ecosystem disease resulting in mortalities across ...
Prevalence of Avian Influenza viruses in Northern Zambia
(2012-11-02)
This study described the prevalence of avian influenza viruses in wild waterfowl and domestic birds on the wetlands of Northern Zambia (Luapula and Northern Provinces). The purpose of the research was to establish if there ...
Management practices, morphometric body measurements and diseases of local Zambian goats
(2012-10-08)
The management practices, morphometric body measurements and disease profiles of local Zambian goats were studied with the main objectives of assessing the existing production system. The study was also aimed at gaining ...
Seroprevalence and risk factors of Bovine Brucellosis in Dairy and Traditional Cattle Herds in Kabaha District of Tanzania
(The University of Zambia, 2015)
Brucellosis is a highly contagious bacterial zoonotic disease that affects domestic animals, wildlife, humans and marine mammals. A cross-sectional epidemiological study was carried out to determine the seroprevalence and ...
Comparison of the efficacy of Chitongo Theileria Parva Sporozoites carried on ice to that carried in liquid nitrogen
(University of Zambia, 2015)
Theileria parva is a tick-transmitted protozoan parasite that causes an economically important disease of cattle called East Coast fever (ECF), in East, Central, and Southern Africa, including Zambia. Immunization against ...
Prevalence and Risk factors of East Coats Fever (ECF) in the Coppersbelt and Central Provinces of Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2016)
East Coast fever (ECF) is an infectious tick-borne disease of cattle, caused by a protozoan parasite Theileria parva. It is a disease of major economic importance in Zambia as it is the main cause of cattle morbidity and ...