Assessing risk factors for Trypanosome infections in cattle in wildlife interface areas in Northern Tanzania

Ngongolo, Kelvin; Estes, Anna B.; Hudson, Peter J.; Gwakisa, Paul S.

dc.creator	Ngongolo, Kelvin
dc.creator	Estes, Anna B.
dc.creator	Hudson, Peter J.
dc.creator	Gwakisa, Paul S.
dc.date	2020-09-03T07:41:34Z
dc.date	2020-09-03T07:41:34Z
dc.date	2019
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-20T13:09:17Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-20T13:09:17Z
dc.identifier	Ngongolo, K., Estes, A. B., Hudson, P. J., & Gwakisa, P. S. (2019). Assessing risk factors for Trypanosome infections in cattle in wildlife interface areas in Northern Tanzania. Journal of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, 5, 078.
dc.identifier	2474-3658
dc.identifier	DOI: 10.23937/2474-3658/1510078
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2468
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2468
dc.description	Full-text article. Also available at https://doi.org/10.23937/2474-3658/1510078
dc.description	Trypanosomosis is a vector-borne, tropical disease that causes mortality and morbidity in livestock and humans. In this study, we investigated the risk factors for trypanosome infection in cattle in the Maasai Steppe of northern Tanzania. We assessed the influence of age, sex, herd size and history of treatment against trypanosomosis as risk factors of trypanosome infection. Cattle blood samples were collected from 150 cattle in three villages in the vicinity of Tarangire National Park, which acts as a reservoir of tsetse flies, the trypanosome vector. Parasite species were identified using a nested Polymerase Chain Reaction (n-PCR). Smaller herd sizes, young age (1-2 years), and male sex significantly increased the risk of trypanosome infections. Efforts to control trypanosome infection should be strategically based on location and season while considering age, treatment and herd size as risk factors.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Journal of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology
dc.subject	Risk factors
dc.subject	Trypanosome infection
dc.subject	Northern Tanzania
dc.subject	Trypanosomosis
dc.subject	Tanzania
dc.subject	Wildlife interface areas
dc.subject	Cattle
dc.subject	Tarangire National Park
dc.subject	Livestock diseases
dc.subject	Trypanosome vector
dc.title	Assessing risk factors for Trypanosome infections in cattle in wildlife interface areas in Northern Tanzania
dc.type	Article