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Antimicrobial resistance and presence of class 1 integrons in salmonella serovars isolated from clinical cases of animals and humans in North Dakota and Uganda.
(OMICS, 2013)Back ground: Salmonellae are one of the leading causes of food borne illness worldwide and have been used as indicator organisms for studying antimicrobial resistance (AMR) trends. In the United States, Salmonella are among ... -
High Prevalence of tuberculosis infection among medical students in Makerere University, Kampala: Results of a cross sectional study.
(BioMed Central, 2013)Background: Uganda’s Ministry of Health registered a 12% increase in new Tuberculosis (TB) cases between 2001 and 2005. Of these, 20% were from Kampala district and most from Mulago national referral hospital where ... -
Poor biosecurity in live bird markets in Uganda: A potential risk for highly pathogenic avian influenza disease outbreak in poultry and spread to humans.
(International Scholars Journals, 2014)Live bird markets (LBMs) are essential for marketing of poultry, but can be a hub for the rapid spread of diseases including avian influenza (AI). We assessed the status of biosecurity in 108 LBMs in 37 districts of Uganda. ... -
Predictors for risk factors for spread of avian influenza viruses by poultry handlers in live bird markets in Uganda.
(Blackwell, 2014)Live bird markets (LBMs) are essential for marketing poultry, but have been linked to many outbreaks of avian influenza (AI) and its spread. In Uganda, it has been observed that demographic characteristics of poultry ... -
Prevalence and risk factors of Echinococcus granulosus infection in dogs in Moroto and Bukedea Districts in Uganda
(Springer, 2015-10)A cross sectional study was conducted in Moroto and Bukedea districts of Uganda from May to September 2013 to determine the prevalence and risk factors of Echinococcus granulosus infection in dogs. Fresh dog faecal samples ... -
Prevalence of cystic echinococcosis in selected pastoral and agro-pastoral districts of Uganda
(JSciMed Central, 2016-05-10)A cross sectional ultrasound screening survey for human cystic echinococcosis (CE) was undertaken in the pastoral dist ricts of Moroto, Napak, Nakapiripirit and Amudat in Karamoja sub-region; and agro-pastoral communities ... -
Prevalence of Influenza A viruses in livestock and free-living waterfowl in Uganda.
(BioMed Central, 2014)Background: Avian influenza viruses may cause severe disease in a variety of domestic animal species worldwide, with high mortality in chickens and turkeys. To reduce the information gap about prevalence of these viruses ... -
Seroprevalence and risk factors for exposure of free-range poultry to avian influenza viruses in important bird areas in Uganda.
(2014)Avian influenza (AI) viruses cause disease in domestic and wild bird species. Although these viruses have been reported to occur in poultry in Uganda, risk factors for their introduction and spread were largely unknown. ...