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Kate M. Thomas
Researcher at University of Otago
Publications - 17
Citations - 217
Kate M. Thomas is an academic researcher from University of Otago. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Food safety. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 15 publications receiving 90 citations.
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Prevalence of Campylobacter and Salmonella in African food animals and meat: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Kate M. Thomas,William A. de Glanville,Gary C. Barker,Jackie Benschop,Joram Buza,Sarah Cleaveland,Margaret A. Davis,Nigel P. French,Blandina T. Mmbaga,Gerard Prinsen,Emmanuel S. Swai,Ruth N. Zadoks,John A. Crump +12 more
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.
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Prevalence and speciation of brucellosis in febrile patients from a pastoralist community of Tanzania.
Rebecca F. Bodenham,AbdulHamid S. Lukambagire,Roland Ashford,Joram Buza,Shama Cash-Goldwasser,John A. Crump,Rudovick Kazwala,Venance P. Maro,John McGiven,Nestory A. Mkenda,Blandina T. Mmbaga,Matthew P. Rubach,Philoteus Sakasaka,Gabriel M. Shirima,Emanuel S. Swai,Kate M. Thomas,Adrian M. Whatmore,Daniel T. Haydon,Jo E. B. Halliday +18 more
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.
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Molecular detection and genetic characterization of Bartonella species from rodents and their associated ectoparasites from northern Tanzania
Ndyetabura O. Theonest,Ryan W. Carter,Nelson Amani,Siaˆn L. Doherty,Ephrasia Hugho,Julius Keyyu,Barbara K. Mable,Gabriel M. Shirima,Rigobert Tarimo,Kate M. Thomas,Daniel T. Haydon,Joram Buza,Kathryn J. Allan,Jo E. B. Halliday +13 more
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.
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The Sero-epidemiology of Neospora caninum in Cattle in Northern Tanzania.
George Semango,Clare M. Hamilton,Katharina Kreppel,Frank Katzer,Tito Kibona,Felix Lankester,Kathryn J. Allan,Kate M. Thomas,John R. Claxton,E.A. Innes,Emmanuel S. Swai,Joram Buza,Sarah Cleaveland,William A. de Glanville +13 more
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.
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Investigating the Meat Pathway as a Source of Human Nontyphoidal Salmonella Bloodstream Infections and Diarrhea in East Africa.
John A. Crump,John A. Crump,Kate M. Thomas,Jackie Benschop,Matthew A. Knox,David A. Wilkinson,Anne C. Midwinter,Peninah Munyua,John B. Ochieng,Godfrey Bigogo,Jennifer R. Verani,Marc-Alain Widdowson,Marc-Alain Widdowson,Gerard Prinsen,Sarah Cleaveland,Esron D. Karimuribo,Rudovick Kazwala,Blandina T. Mmbaga,Emanuel S. Swai,Nigel P. French,Ruth N. Zadoks,Ruth N. Zadoks +21 more
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.