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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2018

Risk Factors for Human Brucellosis in Northern Tanzania.

Shama Cash-Goldwasser, Michael J Maze, Matthew P Rubach, Holly M Biggs, Robyn A Stoddard, Katrina J Sharples, Jo E B Halliday, Sarah Cleaveland, Michael C Shand, Blandina T Mmbaga and 6 more

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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39 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Shama Cash-GoldwasserDuke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
Michael J MazeCentre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Matthew P RubachDivision of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Holly M BiggsDivision of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Robyn A StoddardCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Bacterial Special Pathogens Branch, Atlanta, Georgia.
Katrina J SharplesDepartment of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Jo E B HallidayBoyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Sarah CleavelandBoyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Michael C ShandBoyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Blandina T MmbagaKilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania.
Charles MuiruriDuke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
Wilbrod SagandaMawenzi Regional Referral Hospital, Moshi,Tanzania.
Bingileki F LwezaulaMawenzi Regional Referral Hospital, Moshi,Tanzania.
Rudovick R KazwalaDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania.
Venance P MaroKilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania.
John A CrumpKilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania.

Funding

Vanderbilt-Emory-Cornell-Duke Consortium for Global Health Fellows (VECDor)R25TW009337 · FIC · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI HEIMBURGER, DOUGLAS CORBETT, VERMUND, STEN H. · 2012 to 2016
$6.3M
The Impact and Society Ecology of Bacterial Zoonoses in Northern Tanzania: UnderR01TW009237 · FIC · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI CRUMP, JOHN ANDREW · 2011 to 2014
$1.7M
Viral Zoonoses and Severe Febrile Illness in Northern TanzaniaK23AI116869 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI RUBACH, MATTHEW P · 2016 to 2020
$896k
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/J010367/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/L018845/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/L018926/1FIC NIH HHS R01 TW009237FIC NIH HHS R25 TW009337NIAID NIH HHS K23 AI116869
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Little is known about the epidemiology of human brucellosis in sub-Saharan Africa. This hampers prevention and control efforts at the individual and population levels. To evaluate risk factors for brucellosis in northern Tanzania, we conducted a study of patients presenting with fever to two hospitals in Moshi, Tanzania. Serum taken at enrollment and at 4-6 week follow-up was tested by

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AdultAnimalsBrucellaBrucellosisEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleHumansLivestockMaleMiddle AgedOdds RatioRisk FactorsTanzania

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PMID29231152
PMCPMC5929176

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