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Assessing the use of agro-chemicals in controlling acaricide-resistant ticks in Mbarara District, Western Uganda
(Makerere University, 2019-09)
Ticks have been reported as a major challenge in the livestock sector in Uganda. They cause financial losses directly through reduced production or indirectly through costs incurred on their control. Several control measures ...
In-silico identification of potential anti-tick vaccine B-cell epitopes from rhipicephalus appendiculatus serpin proteins
(Makerere University, 2023-01)
Ticks are one of the leading vectors of pathogens of both veterinary and public health importance. Currently, the mostly used tick control method is acaricides which is associated with a number of significant disadvantages ...
Prevalence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in ticks collected from Kaseese and Luweero in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023-10)
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever virus is a tick-borne negative sense single stranded RNA virus that causes a zoonotic disease; Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever. To determine the prevalence of CCHF virus in ticks, retrospective ...