Q fever and spotted fever group rickettsioses (SFGR) are common causes of severe febrile
illness in northern Tanzania. Incidence estimates are needed to characterize the disease …

Rickettsia africae is a gram-negative bacterium, which causes African tick bite fever (ATBF)
in humans. ATBF is a febrile disease mainly affecting travellers to southern Africa. This …

A cross sectional sero-epidemiological study was conducted on cattle in a communal
farming area adjacent to Kruger National Park at a wildlife-livestock interface in South Africa …

The Mnisi community is a livestock-dependent community neighboring the Great Limpopo
Transfrontier Conservation Area in South Africa. Here, zoonotic pathogens contribute to as …

Background Zoonoses pose major threats to the health of humans, domestic animals and
wildlife, as seen in the COVID-19 pandemic. Zoonoses are the commonest source of …

Gender sensitivity in health promotion has been widely recommended, yet attention to
gender roles and gender-disaggregated studies is often lacking in disease research and …

Rickettsioses and leptospirosis are infectious diseases that are often underdiagnosed due to
a lack of knowledge about their epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, management …

Q fever is an infectious illness of zoonotic origin and protean clinical features. Q (for 'query')
fever was first described in 1935 during an outbreak of febrile illness in abattoir workers in …

A propensity to re-emerge is a characteristic of bacterial zoonoses, diseases caused by
bacteria that can be transmitted to humans from animals. Research shows that their …

Objective: To examine the association between animal contact (primarily dogs and cats) and
non-malarial fever, as well as with secondary symptoms of headache, nausea, vomiting, and …