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Lwitiho Edwin Sudi

Bio: Lwitiho Edwin Sudi is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Shrew. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 4 citations.
Topics: Shrew

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Dissertation
01 Mar 2019
TL;DR: A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfilment for the Requirements of the Master’s in Life Sciences of the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology.
Abstract: A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfilment for the Requirements of the Master’s in Life Sciences of the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology

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Book ChapterDOI
01 Jan 2009
TL;DR: In what case do you like reading so much? What about the type of the vaccines for biodefense and emerging and neglected diseases by alan dt barrett 2009 01 06 book? The needs to read? Well, everybody has their own reason why should read some books as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: In what case do you like reading so much? What about the type of the vaccines for biodefense and emerging and neglected diseases by alan dt barrett 2009 01 06 book? The needs to read? Well, everybody has their own reason why should read some books. Mostly, it will relate to their necessity to get knowledge from the book and want to read just to get entertainment. Novels, story book, and other entertaining books become so popular this day. Besides, the scientific books will also be the best reason to choose, especially for the students, teachers, doctors, businessman, and other professions who are fond of reading.

87 citations

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TL;DR: It is suggested that the authorities at international ports should strengthen port sanitation control and decrease density of rodent population in ports area, and focus on rodent elimination by drug, to reduce the chance of contact between human and rodents and reduce the risk of human infection.
Abstract: Hantavirus is a category II notifiable disease in Taiwan. The aim of this study is to investigate the rodent population, distribution, and seropositive rate of Hantavirus in its rodent vector. During the period from Jan 1, 2010 to Dec 31, 2013, a total of 3,088 rodents, which can be categorized into 6 species in 4 genera, 2 families, and 2 orders have been captured at international ports in Taiwan. The dominate species of the captured rodents were the species of Rattus norvegicus, followed by, in percentage descending order, Suncus murinus, Rattus losea, Rattus tanezumi, Bandicota indica and Musmus culus. The number of rodents captured were not differ greatly by year, indicated that the rodents now reached to a stable population in ports area. The detected Hantavirus seropositive rate was highest in R. norvegicus (11.52%), followed by R. tanezumi (2.60%), S. murinus (1.01%), and R. losea (0.25%). The average Hantavirus seropositive rate in rodents captured at international ports during Jan 2010 to Dec 2013 was 6.02 % (0.00%- 36.55%), except none detected in two ports (Taipei seaport and Hualian seaport). Although we have been monitoring the infection of hantavirus in rodents at international ports during the period from Nov 2004 to Dec 2013, but the hantavirus seropositive rate in rodent population was still presented at a certain level. The risk of human infection by hantavirus when in contact with excreta or secretions from infected rodents is high. We suggested that the authorities at international ports should strengthen port sanitation control and decrease density of rodent population in ports area, and focus on rodent elimination by drug, thus reduce the chance of contact between human and rodents, furthermore reduce the risk of human infection.

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TL;DR: In this article , the authors investigated the circulation of rodent-borne hantavirus in peridomestic rodents and shrews in two semi-arid ecologies within the Kenyan Rift Valley.
Abstract: Hantaviruses are zoonotic rodent-borne viruses that are known to infect humans and cause various symptoms of disease, including hemorrhagic fever with renal and cardiopulmonary syndromes. They have a segmented single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA genome and are widely distributed. This study aimed to investigate the circulation of rodent-borne hantaviruses in peridomestic rodents and shrews in two semi-arid ecologies within the Kenyan Rift Valley. The small mammals were trapped using baited folding Sherman traps set within and around houses, then they were sedated and euthanatized through cervical dislocation before collecting blood and tissue samples (liver, kidney, spleen, and lungs). Tissue samples were screened with pan-hantavirus PCR primers, targeting the large genome segment (L) encoding the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp). Eleven of the small mammals captured were shrews (11/489, 2.5%) and 478 (97.5%) were rodents. A cytochrome b gene-based genetic assay for shrew identification confirmed the eleven shrews sampled to be Crocidura somalica. Hantavirus RNA was detected in three (3/11, 27%) shrews from Baringo County. The sequences showed 93–97% nucleotide and 96–99% amino acid identities among each other, as well as 74–76% nucleotide and 79–83% amino acid identities to other shrew-borne hantaviruses, such as Tanganya virus (TNGV). The detected viruses formed a monophyletic clade with shrew-borne hantaviruses from other parts of Africa. To our knowledge, this constitutes the first report published on the circulation of hantaviruses in shrews in Kenya.