Acinetobacter are a major concern because of their rapid development of resistance to a
wide range of antimicrobials, and rapid profundity in transformation, surviving desiccation …

Maize Lethal Necrotic Disease (MLND) is a new disease in East Africa, first reported in
Kenya in 2011 and then spread to Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. The disease is caused …

Porcine edema disease (ED) is an enterotoxaemia that frequently occurs in 4–12 week-old
piglets and results in high mortality. ED is caused by Shiga toxin 2e (Stx2e), produced by …

Forty eight samples (30 wastewater and 18 river water) were collected between July and
November, 2010, from different sources in Cape Town, South Africa in order to characterize …

Maize is a staple food for over 70 million peoples in Africa, and predominantly produced and
consumed directly by small scale holder families. Maize Lethal Necrotic Disease (MLND) is …

There are reports in the literature stating that Campylobacter infections can cause hemolytic
uremic syndrome (HUS); however, a mechanism for how Campylobacter induces HUS has …

Pathogenicity is the bacteria capacity to produce disease in the host, expressed by
virulence, which referes at pathogenicity degrees of a particular bacterium. The virulence …

Water related issues such as water treatment and distribution have become extremely
important all over the world due to population growth, growing urbanization, health and …

Drug resistant diarrhea and nosocomial infections caused by verotoxic Escherichia coli and
some Acinetobacter species has posed serious therapeutic challenges, especially in …

Maize production in Kenya is now under threat from the devastating maize lethal necrosis
(MLN) disease in the field. This study was conducted to assess status of MLN in maize seed …