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Philoteus Sakasaka
Researcher at Durham University
Publications - 3
Citations - 40
Philoteus Sakasaka is an academic researcher from Durham University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Burkholderia pseudomallei & Blood culture. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 3 publications receiving 12 citations.
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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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Performance characteristics and costs of serological tests for brucellosis in a pastoralist community of northern Tanzania.
AbdulHamid S. Lukambagire,Ângelo J. Mendes,Rebecca F. Bodenham,John McGiven,Nestory A. Mkenda,C. Mathew,Matthew P. Rubach,Philoteus Sakasaka,Davis D. Shayo,Venance P. Maro,Gabriel M. Shirima,Kate M. Thomas,Christopher J. Kasanga,Rudovick Kazwala,Jo E. B. Halliday,Blandina T. Mmbaga +15 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the performance and costs of serological assays for human brucellosis in a pastoralist community in northern Tanzania using seven index tests, selected based on international recommendation or current use.
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Investigation of Melioidosis Using Blood Culture and Indirect Hemagglutination Assay Serology among Patients with Fever, Northern Tanzania.
Michael J. Maze,Mindy G. Elrod,Holly M. Biggs,John Bonnewell,Manuela Carugati,Alex R. Hoffmaster,Bingileki F. Lwezaula,Deng B. Madut,Venance P. Maro,Blandina T. Mmbaga,Anne B. Morrissey,Wilbrod Saganda,Philoteus Sakasaka,Matthew P. Rubach,Matthew P. Rubach,John A. Crump +15 more
TL;DR: The absence of confirmed melioidosis from 9 years of fever surveillance indicates melioidsosis was not a major cause of illness, and high epidemiologic risk of melIOidosis on the basis of admission within 30 days of rainfall is considered.