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Self-care practices and psychosocial distress for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Dar es salaam, tanzania.

Heri Rashidi, Rashidi (Sokoine university of Agriculture, 2007)

Nutritional intake and modification of lifestyle are the cornerstones for management of Type 2 diabetes. It has been recognized that, in order to achieve satisfactory metabolic control, adoption of self-care skills by ...
Prevalence and risk factors of porcine cysticercosis associated with traditional pig production and marketing in Angonia district, Mozambique

Gule, Cláudio Afonso (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2008)

This study was carried out to estimate the porcine cysticercosis prevalence by meat inspection, identify the risk factors of porcine cysticercosis along the pig/pork marketing channels and describe the pig productions ...
Prevalence of porcine cysticercosis in Mbozi and Mbeya rural districts, Mbeya Tanzania

Komba, Erick Vitus Gabriel (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2008)

An epidemiological survey was conducted between November and December 2007 in 30 randomly selected villages and four slaughterslabs in Mbozi and Mbeya Rural districts, southern Tanzania, to determine the prevalence of ...
Prevalence of endoparasites of public health importance in pigs slaughtered in Dar es salaam city, Tanzania

Mkupasi, Ernatus Martin (Sokoine university of Agriculture, 2008)

This study was carried out to establish the prevalence of porcine cysticercosis (caused by Taenia solium), hydatidosis and ascariosis in slaughter pigs, and assess the state and distribution of pig slaughter slabs in Dar ...
Role of domestic animals in the epidemiology of human African trypanosomiasis (hat) in Kigoma –Tanzania

Nzalawahe, Jahashi (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2010)

Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is fatal if untreated and causes severe morbidity. In Tanzania HAT is caused by Trypanosoma b. rhodesiense. Trypanosomiasis in livestock is the major impediment to livestock farming ...
Influence of haptoglobin genotypes on susceptibility to malaria and the effect of malaria parasitemia to the haptoglobin levels in children

Alfred, Benigni (Sokoine university of agriculture., 2010)

Haptoglobin gene encodes for an acute phase protein; Haptoglobin and is expressed in three different polymorphic forms, Hp1-1, Hp1-2 and Hp2-2. Various studies on pathogenesis of Malaria maintain that Haptoglobin ...
Response to antiretroviral therapy in HIV - infected patients attending care and treatment centre in Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania

Mtesigwa, Peter Benard (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2013)

Access to antiretroviral therapy and Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care is increasing in resource-limited settings like Tanzania. This study was conducted to evaluate prevalence and risk factors associated with treatment ...
Prevalence of bovine brucellosis in smallholder dairy farms in Morogoro municipality, Tanzania

Lyimo, Bertilla Elias (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2013)

A cross sectional study was conducted to determine prevalence of bovine brucellosis in smallholder dairy farms in Morogoro Municipality. Milk and blood samples collected from 450 dairy cows in thirteen wards of Morogoro ...
Use of snails as bioindicators of mercury pollution in aquatic ecosystems

Kayange, Isaya Adam (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2013)

Cross-sectional field and experimental studies were carried out to determine the mercury distribution in the Mabubi River and to establish its biological effects in the ecosystem using snails as bioindicators. The median ...
Assessment of bacterial quality and associated handling practices of unpasteurised fruit juices vended in Dar es salaam city, Tanzania

Simforian, Edeltruds (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2013)

Fresh fruit juices are essential components of and there is considerable evidence of health and nutritional benefits associated with their consumption. However, during processing contamination from raw materials, equipment ...
Assessment of milk handling practices and bacterial contaminations along the dairy value chain in Lushoto and Handeni districts, Tanzania

Shija, Fortunate (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2013)

Contaminated milk is responsible for up to 90% of all dairy-related diseases of humans. A cross sectional study was carried out in Lushoto and Handeni districts of Tanga, Tanzania to determine the milk handling practices, ...
Studies on human brucellosis in the Mikumi selous ecosystem, Morogoro, Tanzania

James, Lawrencia Wankyo (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2013)

Febrile zoonotic diseases from animals such as brucellosis are common and share many clinical manifestations with other fever causing diseases like malaria. The febrile zoonotic diseases are rarely routinely diagnosed or ...
Asymptomatic malaria in pregnancy: prevalence of peripheral parasitemia and anemia, in Kinshasa, democratic republic of the Congo

Rika, Matangila Jr (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2013-09)

Background: Malaria infection in pregnancy is an enormous public health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa. In areas of high malaria transmission, P. falciparum infection during pregnancy is usually characterized by malaria ...
Disease status and risk factors for Peste Des Petits ruminants along Tanzania-Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo border

Nkangaga, Japhet Joas (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2014)

An epidemiological study was carried out between September 2011 and February 2012 to determine the disease status of Peste des Petits ruminants (PPR) in western Kigoma region bordering Burundi and Democratic Republic of ...
Effect of pirimiphos-methyl on esterase activities in oreochromis niloticus in Morogoro, Tanzania

Kilanga, Boniface Erick (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2014)

This study was conductedto investigate the effect of Actellic Super (pirimiphos-methyl) in Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia)in Mvomero District, Morogoro, Tanzania. Field surveys using questionnaire interviews were used ...
Epidemiological study of bovine brucellosis in smallholder dairy cattle in Lushoto and Rungwe districts, Tanzania

Mfune, R. L. (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2015)

A cross-sectional study was conducted between November,2014 and March,2015 in Lushoto and Rungwe districts of Mbeya and Tanga regions respectively to estimate the seroprevalenceof bovine brucellosis in smallholder dairy ...
Assessment of antibiotic residues in raw cows’ milk produced by small scale dairy farms in Bagamoyo district, Tanzania

Ramadhani, R. (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2015)

A cross-sectional study was conducted in Bagamoyo District, Tanzania between October, 2013 and March, 2014 to assess the antibiotic residues in raw cows’ milk produced by small-scale dairy farms. One hundred and ten ...
Prevalence, knowledge, and attitude of pregnant women on control measures of anaemia in Mbulu District, Tanzania

Margwe, J.A (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2015)

Anaemia in pregnancy is the leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality, poor birth outcomes worldwide. Despite national and international efforts to redress this problem, maternal mortality and morbidity rates are ...
Rift valley fever risk mapping and modelling in Tanzania

Sindato, Calvin (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2015)

Rift Valley fever (RVF) was first reported in Tanzania in 1930 and the last outbreak occurred in the country in 2006/07. Besides the long history of RVF in the country, little is known about its spatial and temporal ...
Application of real-time RT-PCR assay for detection and typing of foot-and-mouth disease virus in Tanzania

Mero, Herieth R. (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2015)

Speed is paramount in the diagnosis of highly infectious Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). Recent developments in molecular biology have enabled specific detection of FMD virus by real-time RT-qPCR and sequencing in endemic ...

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