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Evaluation of In-Hospital Management for Febrile Illness\ud in Northern Tanzania before and after 2010 World Health\ud Organization Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria [PDF]

, 2014
In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) published updated guidelines emphasizing and expanding recommendations for a parasitological confirmation of malaria before treating with antimalarials. This study aimed to assess differences in historic (2007–
Biggs, Holly M., Crump, John A., Maro, Venace P., Moon, Andrew M., Reddy, Elizabeth A., Rubach, Matthew P., Saganda, Wilbrod   +6 more
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Perioperative serum albumin as a predictor of adverse outcomes in abdominal surgery: prospective cohort hospital based study in Northern Tanzania

BMC Surgery, 2020
Background Albumin is an important protein that transports hormones, fatty acids, and exogenous drugs; it also maintains plasma oncotic pressure. Albumin is considered a negative active phase protein because it decreases during injuries and sepsis.
Christian Ephata Issangya, David Msuya, Kondo Chilonga, Ayesiga Herman, Elichilia Shao, Febronia Shirima, Elifaraja Naman, Henry Mkumbi, Jeremia Pyuza, Emmanuel Mtui, Leah Anku Sanga, Seif Abdul, Beatrice John Leyaro, Samuel Chugulu   +13 more
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Unlocking the microbiome communities of Banana (Musa spp.) under disease stressed (Fusarium wilt) and non-stressed conditions [PDF]

, 2020
We assessed the diversity, structure, and assemblage of bacterial and fungal communities associated with banana plants with and without Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) symptoms.
Kaushal, Manoj, Mahuku, George, Swennen, Rony L.   +2 more
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage: a naming of the parts [PDF]

, 2005
There have been many reports of groups of related Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains described variously as lineages, families or clades. There is no objective definition of these groupings making it impossible to define relationships between those ...
Bellamy, Bhanu, Bifani, Brosch, Dale, Gillespie, Gillespie, Gillespie, Glynn, Kamerbeek, Kato-Maeda, L. Uiso, Maguire, McHugh, McHugh, Moss, R.D. Gosling, R.J. Shorten, S.H. Gillespie, S.L. Batt, Sola, Supply, T.D. McHugh, van Crevel, van Embden, Yeh   +25 more
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Seven new montane species of Drosophila in the Eastern Arc mountains and Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania attesting to past connections between eastern and western African mountains (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2001
This report describes 7 new species of Drosophila found in the Eastern Arc mountains and on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania: D. baucipyga, D. gata, D. kilimanjarica, D. neogata, D. paragata, D. pilocornuta and D. usambarensis spp.n.
Daniel LACHAISE, Marie-Therese CHASSAGNARD   +1 more
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Early Infant Diagnosis of HIV in Three Regions in Tanzania; Successes and Challenges. [PDF]

, 2013
By the end of 2009 an estimated 2.5 million children worldwide were living with HIV-1, mostly as a consequence of vertical transmission, and more than 90% of these children live in sub-Saharan Africa.
A Chatterjee, A Kekitiinwa, A Violari, Bruno P Mmbando, H Nuwagaba-Biribonhwa, Ib C Bygbjerg, Jan Gerstoft, L Ciaranello, Martha Lemnge, Mercy G Chiduo, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare the United Republic of Tanzania, National Aids Control Program (NACP), Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the United Republic of Tanzania, National Aids Control Program, ML Newell, N Rollins, P Braitstein, P Seidenberg, Q Dube, S Khamadi, SA Jones, TACAIDS, TACAIDS, TACAIDS, Terese L Katzenstein, TL Creek, UNAIDS, UNAIDS, WHO, Zahra P Theilgaard, ZP Theilgaard   +28 more
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Aeromonas caviae mimicking Vibrio cholerae infectious enteropathy in a cholera-endemic region with possible public health consequences: two case reports

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2018
Background Aeromonas species have been documented to yield false positive results in microbiological tests for Vibrio cholerae. They share many biochemical properties with Vibrio species, with which they were jointly classified in the family Vibrionaceae
Marco van Zwetselaar, Balthazar Nyombi, Tolbert Sonda, Happiness Kumburu, Nyasatu Chamba, Marieke C. J. Dekker, Kajiru G. Kilonzo, Sarah J. Urasa, Blandina T. Mmbaga   +8 more
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NOHA: A Promising Biomarker for Determining Estrogen Receptor Status Among Patients With Breast Cancer in Resource-Constrained Settings

JCO Global Oncology, 2022
PURPOSEChallenges to breast cancer control in low-and middle-income countries exist because of constrained access to care, including pathology services.
Furaha Serventi, Augustine Musyoka, Jamie Saunders, Alex Mremi, Blandina Theophil Mmbaga, Elizabeth Patrick, Theresia Mwakyembe, Michael Jones, F. Lee. Lucas, Susan Miesfeldt, Srinidi Mohan   +10 more
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Dengue Virus Circulation in the Rural Community, Handeni District in Tanga, Tanzania

Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2023
Dengue virus is among the most important re-emerging arbovirus that causes global public health attention. Dengue has historically been thought of as an urban disease that frequently occurs in rapidly urbanized settings.
Debora C. Kajeguka, Francis M. Mponela, Emmanuel Mkumbo, Anna N. Kaaya, Daniel Lasway, Robert D. Kaaya, Michael Alifrangis, Emmanuel Elanga-Ndille, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Reginald Kavishe   +9 more
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Adherence to Optimal Breastfeeding Practices Among HIV-Positive Mothers in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Patient Preference and Adherence, 2022
Rune Nathaniel Philemon,1 Blandina T Mmbaga,1,2 John Bartlett,3 Jenny Renju,4,5 Tara B Mtuy,4,6 Innocent B Mboya,4,7,8 Sia E Msuya4,7,9 1Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College (KCMUCo) & Kilimanjaro ...
Philemon RN, Mmbaga BT, Bartlett J, Renju J, Mtuy TB, Mboya IB, Msuya SE   +6 more
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