Intestinal helminth infestations are serious tropical diseases that are often underestimated mostly in developing countries Uganda inclusive. Several factors affect the prevalence of helminth infestation and severity of ...

Opuntia ficus-indica has been extensively used over the past several years in traditional herbal medicine to treat various types of chronic diseases which are on the rise like diabetes mellitus due to the plant’s ...

Aquaculture is a farming system where aquatic plants and animals are grown in a controlled environment, for example, by utilizing ponds. Fish farming refers to a subset of aquaculture and is faced with challenges like fish ...

Bacillus thuringiensis is a ubiquitous, rodshaped, gram positive and spore forming bacterium. Today it’s of importance as its wellknown for its insecticidal properties.it has diverse genetic existence in different geographical ...

Mosquitoes are pestiferous vectors responsible for the transmission of various dreadful diseases like malaria and yellow fever, causing millions of deaths every year. Indiscriminate use of chemical insecticides has resulted ...

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 ...

Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) is one of the rich sources of antioxidants, for example, phenols, which are known to be associated with decreased risks of chronic diseases. However, cooking influences the antioxidant ...

Acute childhood malnutrition remains a big burden in Uganda at the moment with its prevalence being highest in Northern Uganda and this depicts this issue as a major hindrance to societal development thus creating the ...

Staphylococcus aureus is considered to be a leading cause of food borne illness. Milk and dairy products are often contaminated with the enterotoxigenic strains of this bacterium. Foodstuff contamination may occur ...

Current strategies to overcome the global problem of antimicrobial resistance include research in finding new antimicrobials from plants. This study screened for the phytochemical profile and determined the antibacterial ...