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Antibiotic prescribing practices in community and clinical settings during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nairobi, Kenya by Gacheri, June, Hamilton, Katie A., Munywoki, Peterkin, Wakahiu, Sinaida, Kiambi, Karen, Fèvre, Eric M., Oluka, M.N., Guantai, E.M., Moodley, Arshnee, Muloi, Dishon M.

“…All pharmacies dispensed antibiotics, mainly azithromycin and beta lactams to suspected COVID-19 infected customers. 83.4% of hospitalised COVID-19 patients received at least one antibiotic at some point during their hospitalisation, which was significantly higher than the 53.8% in general ward patients (p<0.001). …”
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Monitoring the impact of COVID-19 in Myanmar: Agricultural production and rural livelihoods in two irrigation schemes – October 2020 survey round by Lambrecht, Isabel B., Ragasa, Catherine, Mahrt, Kristi, Aung, Zin Wai, Ei Win, Hnin, Zu, A Myint, Wang, Michael

“…The onset of the second wave of infections and mitigation measures in Myanmar is continuing to depress household incomes. …”
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Introduction and geographic availability of new antibiotics approved between 1999 and 2014 by Kållberg, Cecilia, Årdal, Christine, Salvesen, Blix, Klein, Eili Y., Martinez, Elena M., Kindbaek, Morten, Outterson, Kevin, Røttingen, John-Arne, Laxminarayan, Ramanan

“…Half (52%) of the NCEs had an indication for infections caused by antibiotic- resistant bacteria, little diversity was seen regarding target pathogen and indication. …”
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Viruses and virus-like diseases affecting sweet potato subsistence farming in southern Tanzania by Ndunguru, J., Kapinga, R.

“…Twenty foliar samples from infected plants were tested serologically for Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus (SPCSV), Sweetpotato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV), Sweet potato mild mottle virus (SPMMV), Sweet potato chlorotic fleck virus (SPCFV), Sweet potato calico-like virus (SPCaLV), Sweet potato mild speckling virus (SPMSV), C-6 (a new flexious rod virus), Sweet potato latent virus (SwPLV), Sweet potato virus G (SPVG) and Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) using Nitrocelullose Membrane ELISA (NCM-ELISA). …”
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In vitro inhibition of Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum, the causal agent of banana Xanthomonas Wilt, using medicinal plant extracts from North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic... by Mukeshambala, Franchement, Ibanda, Angele, Lassois, Ludivine, Semacumu, Gakuru, Djailo, Dhed’a, Nabahungu, Leon, Blomme, Guy, Monde, Godefroid

“…The bacterial samples were collected from infected field-grown banana plants in South Kivu and isolated on Yeast Extract Peptone Agar (YPGA). …”
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From pixels to plant health: Accurate detection of banana Xanthomonas wilt in complex African landscapes using high-resolution UAV images and deep learning by Mora, Juan Jose, Selvaraj, Michael Gomez, Alvarez, Cesar Ivan, Safari, Nancy, Blomme, Guy

“…The developed system achieves remarkable precision, recall, and F1 scores ranging between 75 and 99% for detecting healthy and BXW-infected stems. Notably, the RGB and PAN UAV images perform exceptionally well, while MS images suffer due to the lower spatial resolution. …”
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Evolución de Puccinia triticina Eriksson, causante de roya de la hoja del trigo cristalino en México by Huerta-Espino, Julio, Pérez-López, J. Bernardo, Crespo Herrera, Leonardo A., Villaseñor Mir, Héctor Eduardo, Hortelano Santa Rosa, René, Singh, Ravi P., Ammar, Karim

“…Visible lesions appeared in early February 2017, gradually increasing the number of infected fields. Leaves with signs of the disease were collected in commercial fields and trap nurseries for analysis in the greenhouse. …”
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Identification of a stripe rust resistance gene in Chinese wheat line Shaannong69 using bulked-segregant sequencing by Yan Dong, Yachao Dong, Ling Wu, Jianhui Wu, Yukun Cheng, Dengan Xu, Yuying Wu, Fengju Wang, Bin Bai, Jingchun Wu, Yan Ren, Yuanfeng Hao, He Zhonghu, Dongsheng Chen, Xianchun Xia

“…The Pst race CYR31 was used to infect Shaannong69, Huixianhong, F1 and F2 plants and F2:3 lines at the seedling stage in the greenhouse. …”
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RNA-Seq analysis reveals insight into enhanced rice Xa7-mediated bacterial blight resistance at high temperature by Cohen, Stephen P., Liu, Hongxia, Argueso, Cristiana T., Pereira, Andy, Vera Cruz, Casiana, Verdier, Valérie, Leach, Jan E.

“…To better understand host plant responses during simultaneous heat and pathogen stress, we conducted a transcriptomics experiment for rice plants (cultivar IRBB61) containing Xa7, a bacterial blight disease resistance (R) gene, that were infected with Xanthomonas oryzae, the bacterial blight pathogen of rice, during high temperature stress. …”
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Genome-wide association analysis identifies resistance loci for bacterial blight in a diverse collection of indica rice germplasm by Zhang, Fan, Wu, Zhi-Chao, Wang, Ming-Ming, Zhang, Fan, Dingkuhn, Michael, Xu, Jian-Long, Zhou, Yong-Li, Li, Zhi-Kang

“…These differences were responsible for the observed variations in lesion lengths resulting from infections by Xoo races P1 and P9a. Our findings may be relevant for future studies involving bacterial blight resistance gene cloning, and provide insights into the genetic basis for bacterial blight resistance in indica rice, which may be useful for knowledge-based crop improvement…”
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The bacterial and pathogenic landscape of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) whole blood and serum from Kenya by Nyamota, Richard, Middlebrook, E.A., Abkallo, Hussein M., Akoko, James M., Gakuya, F., Wambua, Lillian, Ronoh, B., Lekolool, I., Mwatondo, Athman, Muturi, Mathew, Bett, Bernard K., Fair, J.M., Bartlow, A.W.

“…Background: African buffalo (<i>Syncerus caffer</i>) is a significant reservoir host for many zoonotic and parasitic infections in Africa. These include a range of viruses and pathogenic bacteria, such as tick-borne rickettsial organisms. …”
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Rift Valley fever virus remains infectious in milk stored in a wide range of temperatures by Dawes, B.E., De La Mota-Peynado, A., Rezende, I.M., Buyukcangaz, E.K., Harvey, A.M., Gerken, Keli N., Winter, C.A., Bayrau, B., Mitzel, D.N., Waggoner, J.J., Pinsky, B.A., Wilson, W.C., LaBeaud, A.D.

“…The epidemiology of RVFV is difficult to disentangle, as the virus is transmitted to humans via mosquitos or direct contact with infected animals. Among these direct exposures are milking ruminants and drinking fresh milk which have been firmly established as risk factors for RVFV exposure. …”
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Comprehensive One Health education: A facilitator's guide for promoting integrated health in Somalia schools by Mumin, Farah I., Hared, Y.A., Mohamed, S.A.

“…Somalia faces a unique set of health challenges, including a high burden of infectious diseases and an increasing incidence of zoonotic infections that arise from close interactions between humans and animals. …”
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Development and evaluation of oil-based formulations of entomopathogenic fungi for control of Sahlbergella singularis (Hemiptera: Miridae), a pest of cocoa in Africa by Mahot, H.C., Hanna, R., Mohab, J.R., Begoude, B.A.T., Membang, G., Fotso Kaute, A., Fiaboe, K., Bagny-Beilhe, L., Bilong-Biliong, C.F.

“…(MIITAC11.3.4 and MIITAC6.2.2) from infected to healthy target insects, the effect of various formulations, storage temperature on their conservation, and their efficacy to control S. singularis. …”
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The evolving threat of Fusarium Wilt TR4 to small-scale mixed cultivar banana production in the Red River Basin of Northern Vietnam by Nguyen, Chung Huy, Nguyen, Thi Tho, Mostert, Diane, Viljoen, Altus, Kearsley, Elizabeth, Blomme, Guy

“…Local farmers similarly reported observing reduced susceptibility, with several having already replanted TR4-affected Cavendish fields with Pisang Awak as part of their disease management strategy. No infections were observed on field-grown Pisang Mas plants in TR4-affected mixed banana cultivar production landscapes. …”
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Low occurrence and clonal relatedness of multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli carrying transmissible colistin resistance mcr-1 genes in Ugandan poultry by Wainaina, M., Ndoboli, Dickson, Ayebare, Dreck, Mbatidde, Irene, Roesel, Kristina, Hammerl, J.A., Moodley, Arshnee, Tenhagen, B.-A., Binsker, U.

“…Introduction: Colistin resistance is an emerging global health concern that can lead to limited treatment options for life-threatening human infections. Colistin has widespread use in agriculture in many countries to boost livestock health and productivity. …”
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Hygiene knowledge and practices in the Lagos wild meat value chain: Cultural influences, regulatory gaps, and infrastructure needs by Akpan, Samuel N., Cook, Elizabeth A.J., Langevelde, F. van, Hooft, P. van, Zimmerman, D.M., Buij, R., Hassell, James M., Masudi, Sherril P., Happi, C.T., Happi, A.N., Thomas, Lian F.

“…Women were more at risk of contracting zoonotic infections due to gender biases, which exposed them to riskier nodes of the value chain. …”
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Social and gender determinants of risk of cryptosporidiosis, an emerging zoonosis, in Dagoretti, Nairobi, Kenya by Kimani, V.N., Mitoko, G., McDermott, B., Grace, Delia, Ambia, J., Kiragu, M.W., Njehu, A.N., Sinja, J., Monda, J.G., Kang'ethe, Erastus K.

“…There was no significant difference between men and women as regards levels of knowledge on symptoms of cryptosporidiosis infections or other zoonotic diseases associated with dairy farming. …”
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Recycling realities: managing health risks to make wastewater an asset by International Water Management Institute

“…Among wastewater-related infections, diarrhoeal diseases are the top cause of death among children in the developing world. …”
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No gold standard estimation of the sensitivity and specificity of two molecular diagnostic protocols for Trypanosoma brucei spp. in Western Kenya by Bronsvoort, B.M. de C., Wissmann, B. von, Fèvre, Eric M., Handel, Ian G., Picozzi, K., Welburn, S.C.

“…A Bayesian formulation of the Hui-Walter latent class model was employed to estimate their test performance in the absence of a gold standard test for detecting T.brucei s.l. infections in ear-vein blood samples from cattle, pig, sheep and goat populations in Western Kenya, stored on Whatman FTA cards. …”
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