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Urinary tract infection: The role of canine transmissible venereal tumour

Batamuzi, E. K.; Kristensen, F. (Wiley Online Library, 1996)

The role of transmissible ‘venereal tumours in the pathogenesis of urinary tract infection in dogs was investigated in 86 dogs. Fifty-five had transmissible venereal tumours, and the remaining 31 animals were used as ...
Identification and typing of Pasteurella multocida: a review

Blackall, P. J; Miflin, J. K (Taylor and Francis, 2000-03)

Fowl cholera is an important disease of both domesticated and wild birds ( Rimler & Glisson, 1997 ). As noted by Rimler & Glisson ( 1997 ), the disease is often classified into two forms, acute and chronic, despite the ...
Binding and entry characteristics of porcine circovirus 2 in cells of the porcine monocytic line 3D4/31

Misinzo, G.; Meerts, P.; Bublot, M.; Mast, J.; Weingartl, H. M.; Nauwynck, H. J. (2005)

Porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) is associated with post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome and reproductive problems in pigs. Cells of the monocyte/macrophage lineage are important target cells in PCV2-infected pigs, but ...
Replication kinetics of different porcine circovirus 2 strains in PK-15 cells, fetal cardiomyocytes and macrophages

Meerts, P.; Misinzo, G.; McNeilly, F.; Nauwynck, H. J. (2005)

In this in vitro study, the replication kinetics of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) in porcine alveolar macrophages (PAM) and fetal cardiomyocytes (FCM), two target cells in vivo, was compared with that in PK-15 cells. ...
Correlation between the presence of neutralizing antibodies against porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) and protection against replication of the virus and development of PCV2-associated disease

Meerts, P.; Misinzo, G.; Lefebvre, D.; Nielsen, J.; Bøtner, A.; Kristensen, C. S.; Nauwynck, H. J. (2006-01-30)

Background: In a previous study, it was demonstrated that high replication of Porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) in a gnotobiotic pig was correlated with the absence of PCV2-neutralizing antibodies. The aim of the present study ...
New Leptospira serovar Sokoine of serogroup Icterohaemorrhagiae from cattle in Tanzania

Mgode, Georgies; Machang'u, Robert S; Goris, Marga; Engelberts, Mirjam F M (Microbiology Society, 2006-04)

The prevalence of leptospirosis is generally high in domestic animals and rodents in Tanzania. Identification of Leptospira isolates from cattle was carried out to establish prevalent Leptospira serovars. Serological ...
Demographic and spatio-temporal variation in human plague at a persistent focus in Tanzania

Makundi, R.H; Davis, S; Machan"gu, R.S; Leirs, H (Elsevier, 2006-10)

Human plague in the Western Usambara Mountains in Tanzania has been a public health problem since the first outbreak in 1980. The wildlife reservoir is unknown and eradication measures that have proved effective elsewhere ...
Multilocus sequence typing method for identification and genotypic classification of pathogenic Leptospira species

Ahmed, N.; Devi, S. M.; Valverde, M.; Vijayachari, P.; Machang'u, R. S.; Ellis, W. A.; Hartskeerl, R. A. (2006-11-23)

Leptospira are the parasitic bacterial organisms associated with a broad range of mammalian hosts and are responsible for severe cases of human Leptospirosis. The epidemiology of leptospirosis is complex and dynamic. ...
Survival of avirulent thermostable Newcastle disease virus (strain I-2) in raw, baked, oiled, and cooked white rice at ambient temperatures

Wambura, Philemon Nyangi; Meers, Joanne; Spradbrow, Peter (2007)

Raw white rice has not been considered a good carrier for oral vaccination, probably because of its antiviral activity. Methods are required to overcome antiviral activity in raw white rice. This study was carried out to ...
Increased yield of porcine circovirus-2 by a combined treatment of PK-15 cells with interferon-gamma and inhibitors of endosomallysosomal system acidification

Misinzo, G.; Delputte, P. L.; Lefebvre, D. J.; Nauwynck, H. J. (2007-12-17)

Treatment of porcine kidney (PK-15) cells with either interferon-gamma (IFN-g) or endosomallysosomal system acidification inhibitors increases replication of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2). In the present study, the ...
Antigenic differences among porcine circovirus type 2 strains, as demonstrated by the use of monoclonal antibodies

Lefebvre, D. J.; Costers, S.; Doorsselaere, J. V.; Misinzo, G.; Delputte, P. L.; Nauwynck, H. J. (Journal of General Virology, 2008)

This study examined whether antigenic differences among porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV-2) strains could be detected using monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). A subtractive immunization protocol was used for the genotype 2 ...
Occurrence of Trypanosoma in Nile tilapia in Lake Victoria, Kenya

Kamundia, P.W.; Mbuthia, P.G.; Waruiru, R. M.; Njagi, L. W.; Nyaga, P. N.; Mdegela, R.H.; Byarugaba, D. K.; Otieno, R. O. (2008)

Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia) and Lates niloticus (Nile perch) are the most abundant species and economically important fish in Lake Victoria. The former are omnivores and the latter are carnivorous. The carrier ...
Increased porcine circovirus type 2 replication in porcine leukocytes in vitro and in vivo by concanavalin A stimulation

Lefebvre, D. J.; Meerts, P.; Costers, S.; Misinzo, G.; Barbe, F.; Reeth, K. V.; Nauwynck, H. J. (Veterinary Microbiolog, 2008-05-05)

Previously, it was shown that modulation of the immune system enhances porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) replication in pigs. In the present study, the effect of the mitogen concanavalin A (ConA) on PCV2 replication was ...
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus entry into the porcine macrophage

Breedam, W. V.; Delputte, P. L.; Van Gorp, H.; Misinzo, G.; Vanderheijden, N.; Duan, X.; Nauwynck, H. J. (Journal of General Virology, 2010)

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) emerged in the late 1980s and rapidly became one of the most significant viral pathogens in the swine industry. In vivo, the virus shows a very narrow cell ...
Genetic characterization of African swine fever viruses from a 2008 outbreak in Tanzania

Misinzo, G.; Magambo, J.; Masambu, J.; Yongolo, M. G.; Doorsselaere, J. V.; Nauwynck, H. J. (2011-02)

Outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) have been reported in the past from several countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this study was to genotype ASF viruses (ASFVs) from the 2008 outbreak in Morogoro and Dar es ...
Cell tropism and entry of porcine circovirus 2

Nauwynck, H.J.; Sanchez, R.; Meerts, P.; Lefebvre, D.J.; Saha, D.; Huang, L.; Misinzo, G. (Elsevier, 2011-11-11)

Porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) may induce reproductive failure (return to oestrus, embryonic death, mum- mification, weak- and stillborn piglets) and postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS). Furthermore, it may ...
Epidemiological investigation into the introduction and factors for spread of Peste des Petits Ruminants, southern Tanzania

Muse, E. A.; Karimuribo, E. D.; Gitao, G. C.; Misinzo, G.; Mellau, L. S. B.; Msoffe, P. L. M.; Swai, E. S.; Albano, M. O. (2012)

A study was carried out to confirm and identify sources and elucidate factors associated with the introduction of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) in southern Tanzania. This study was conducted in Tandahimba and Newala ...
Treponema pallidum Infection in the Wild Baboons of East Africa: Distribution and Genetic Characterization of the Strains Responsible

Harper, K. N.; Fyumagwa, R. D.; Hoare, R.; Wambura, P. N.; Coppenhaver, D. H.; Sapolsky, R. M.; Alberts, S. C.; Tung, J.; Rogers, J.; Kilewo, M.; Batamuzi, E. K.; Leendertz, F. H.; Armelagos, G. J.; Knauf, S. (PLOS ONE, 2012)

It has been known for decades that wild baboons are naturally infected with Treponema pallidum, the bacterium that causes the diseases syphilis (subsp. pallidum), yaws (subsp. pertenue), and bejel (subsp. endemicum) in ...
Haptoglobin gene polymorphism influences the effect of malaria infection on host haptoglobin plasma level but not susceptibility to the disease

Alfred, Benigni; Gwakisa, Paul (2013-02)

A cohort of 344 children aged less than five years were followed for one year to establish the relationship between haptoglobin genotype, haptoglobin plasma level and malaria infection and susceptibility. Haptoglobin ...
Partial genetic characterization of peste des petits ruminants virus from goats in northern and eastern Tanzania

Kgotlele, T.; Macha, E. S.; Kasanga, C. J.; Kusiluka, L. J. M.; Karimuribo, E. D.; Doorsselaere, J. V.; Wensman, J. J.; Munir, M.; Misinzo, G. (Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2014)

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is an acute viral disease of small ruminants. The disease was first reported in Tanzania in 2008 when it was confined to the Northern Zone districts bordering Kenya. The present study was ...

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