Kate M. Thomas

TL;DR: Widespread prevalence of Campylobacter species and Salmonella serovars in African food animals and meat, particularly in samples of poultry and pig origin is demonstrated.

TL;DR: Risk factors identified for brucellosis included age and herding, with a greater probability of bru cellosis in individuals with lower age and who herded cattle, sheep or goats in the previous 12 months, and disease prevention activities targeting young herders have potential to reduce the impacts of human Brucellosis in Tanzania.

TL;DR: The ssrA and gltA sequences obtained from rodent spleens and sSRA sequences from fleas reveal the presence of a diverse set of Bartonella genotypes and increase the understanding of the bartonellae present in Tanzanian.

TL;DR: The findings suggest N. caninum is likely to be an important cause of abortion in cattle in Tanzania and management practices, such as restricted grazing, are likely to reduce the risk of infection and suggest contamination of communal grazing areas may be important for transmission.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that the meat pathway may be an important source of human infection by some clades of Salmonella Enteritidis ST11 in East Africa, but not of humanSalmonella Typhimurium ST313 infection.