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Describing the one health approach: a case study of anthrax outbreak investigation in Arua district, February-May 2018.
(Makerere University, 2021-02)
Uganda has made some strides in implementation of the One Health approach in responding to and managing public health events, including outbreaks of zoonotic diseases. From February to May 2018, an outbreak of anthrax ...
Knowledge on spread and control of animal to human brucellosis among adult people in Nyakatozi Sub-county, Kasese District
(Makerere University, 2022-04)
Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease caused by a gram-negative facultative bacterium. Brucellosis is an endemic disease both in humans and animals particularly in Africa. Brucellosis affects most developing countries and in ...
Knowledge, attitudes, practices among farmers and traders and risk factors to occurrence of anthrax in Madi-Okollo District
(Makerere University, 2022-03)
Anthrax is a serious zoonotic disease and of public health importance in Uganda. The outbreaks in Madi-Okollo have caused severe infections and deaths in both livestock and humans and negative consequences to house hold ...
Assessment of knowledge, attitudes and practices of livestock farmers regarding Rift Valley Fever in Moyo District-Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-03)
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a zoonotic mosquito-borne disease affecting both livestock (cattle, goat, sheep and camel) and humans caused by Rift valley fever virus of genus phlebovirus in the family phenuviridae. It’s a ...
Understanding human-bat interaction as a risk for disease transmission in Najjembe Sub-county in Mabira Forest, Buikwe District
(Makerere University, 2022-01)
Zoonotic diseases continue to pose a health burden at the human-wildlife interface especially in sub-Saharan Africa where majority of the population depends on the ecosystem services to sustain their livelihoods. In Uganda, ...
A study to investigate antimicrobial resistance among selected zoonotic bacteria isolated from tortoises and birds at the Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Centre, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-12)
Zoonotic diseases are a health challenge at the human-wildlife interface, with increasing threat to public health. This study aimed at generating baseline data on AMR in tortoises and birds at UWEC. The objectives of the ...
Prevalence of gastrointestinal helminths in dogs in Nakawa and Kawempe Divisions of Kampala Capital City
(Makerere University, 2023-02)
GIT parasites are common in developing countries with the high prevalence and heavy infestation often reported in such countries is attributed to the fact that dogs are rarely treated for parasitic diseases. Among these ...