[HTML][HTML] Zika virus: Epidemiology, current phobia and preparedness for upcoming mass gatherings, with examples from World Olympics and Pilgrimage

NK Ibrahim - Pakistan journal of medical sciences, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: To describe Zika Virus (ZIKV) epidemiology, current phobia, and the required
preparedness for its prevention during the upcoming Mass Gathering (MG) events. Methods …

Climate Change Influences Potential Distribution of Infected Aedes aegypti Co-Occurrence with Dengue Epidemics Risk Areas in Tanzania

CN Mweya, SI Kimera, G Stanley, G Misinzo… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Dengue is the second most important vector-borne disease of humans globally
after malaria. Incidence of dengue infections has dramatically increased recently, potentially …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical, virologic, and epidemiologic characteristics of dengue outbreak, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2014

F Vairo, LEG Mboera, P De Nardo… - Emerging infectious …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We investigated a dengue outbreak in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in 2014, that was caused
by dengue virus (DENV) serotype 2. DENV infection was present in 101 (20.9%) of 483 …

Fine-scale spatial and temporal variations in insecticide resistance in Culex pipiens complex mosquitoes in rural south-eastern Tanzania

NS Matowo, S Abbasi, G Munhenga, M Tanner… - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
Background Culex mosquitoes cause considerable biting nuisance and sporadic
transmission of arboviral and filarial diseases. Methods Using standard World Health …

Oviposition ecology and species composition of Aedes spp. and Aedes aegypti dynamics in variously urbanized settings in arbovirus foci in southeastern Côte d' …

JBZ Zahouli, J Utzinger, MA Adja, P Müller, D Malone… - Parasites & vectors, 2016 - Springer
Background Aedes mosquito-transmitted outbreaks of dengue and yellow fever have been
reported from rural and urban parts of Côte d'Ivoire. The present study aimed at assessing …

[HTML][HTML] Rift Valley fever seropositivity in humans and domestic ruminants and associated risk factors in Sengerema, Ilala, and Rufiji districts, Tanzania

C Sindato, ED Karimuribo, F Vairo, G Misinzo… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives Data on Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) prevalence in urban settings and
pastoral areas of Tanzania are scarce. We performed a cross-sectional study of RVFV …

Rift Valley fever vector diversity and impact of meteorological and environmental factors on Culex pipiens dynamics in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

H Pachka, T Annelise, K Alan, T Power, K Patrick… - Parasites & vectors, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background In Northern Botswana, rural communities, livestock, wildlife and large
numbers of mosquitoes cohabitate around permanent waters of the Okavango Delta. As in …

Sero-prevalence and spatial distribution of Rift Valley fever infection among agro-pastoral and pastoral communities during Interepidemic period in the Serengeti …

A Ahmed, J Makame, F Robert, K Julius… - BMC infectious diseases, 2018 - Springer
Background In the past two decades, Rift Valley Fever (RVF) outbreaks have been reported
twice in Tanzania, with the most recent outbreak occurring in 2006/07. Given the ecology …

[HTML][HTML] Climate influence on emerging risk areas for Rift Valley fever epidemics in Tanzania

CN Mweya, LEG Mboera, SI Kimera - The American journal of …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is a climate-related arboviral infection of animals and humans.
Climate is thought to represent a threat toward emerging risk areas for RVF epidemics …

Serological evidence of inter-epizootic/inter-epidemic circulation of Rift Valley fever virus in domestic cattle in Kyela and Morogoro, Tanzania

MK Matiko, LP Salekwa, CJ Kasanga… - PLoS neglected …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Tanzania is among the Rift Valley fever (RVF) epizootic/endemic countries in
sub Saharan Africa, where RVF disease outbreaks occur within a range of 3 to 17-year …