Publications

sero-prevalence and associated risk factors of peste des petits ruminants and contagious caprine pleuro-pneumonia in goats and sheep in the southern zone of tanzania.	a retrospective sero-prevalence analysis was conducted in 2012 in order to find out whether contagious caprine pleuro-pneumonia (ccpp) and peste des petits ruminants (ppr) had already been introduced in mtwara and lindi regions of southern tanzania by 2007 and 2009. a total of 477 randomly selected sera from a bank of 3500 small ruminant samples that were collected as part of rift valley fever surveillance of 2007 in mtwara and lindi regions were used in this study. seroconversion was also evalu ...	2014	25022914
preliminary investigation on presence of peste des petits ruminants in dakawa, mvomero district, morogoro region, tanzania.	peste des petits ruminants (ppr) is an acute viral disease of small ruminants characterised by the sudden onset of depression, fever, oculonasal discharges, sores in the mouth, foul-smelling diarrhoea and death. for many years, in africa, the disease was mainly confined to west and central africa but it has now spread southwards to previously ppr-free countries including tanzania, democratic republic of congo and angola. the disease was first reported in tanzania in 2008 when it was confined to ...	2014	25134174
epidemiological investigation into the introduction and factors for spread of peste des petits ruminants, southern tanzania.	a study was carried out to confirm and identify sources and elucidate factors associated with the introduction of peste des petits ruminants (ppr) in southern tanzania. this study was conducted in tandahimba and newala districts of mtwara region following suspected outbreak of ppr in the area. qualitative data were collected using semi-structured questionnaires and in-depth interviews of key informants who included goat and sheep owners with suspected cases of ppr and animal health service provi ...	2012	23327377