Publications by authors named "G Ameni"
Article Synopsis
- Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a disease affecting cattle, especially common in crossbred cows in Ethiopia, but there aren't enough checks to find it.
- In a study, scientists checked over 7,640 cattle at slaughterhouses and found that only 2.3% had signs of bTB, with crossbred cows being at higher risk.
- Most of the sick cattle had problems in their lungs or lymph nodes, and tests confirmed that M. bovis, a type of bacteria, was responsible for the infections.
A Narrative Review on the Pandemic Zoonotic RNA Virus Infections Occurred During the Last 25 Years.
J Epidemiol Glob Health
December 2024
Background: Pandemic zoonotic RNA virus infections have continued to threaten humans and animals worldwide. The objective of this review was to highlight the epidemiology and socioeconomic impacts of pandemic zoonotic RNA virus infections that occurred between 1997 and 2021.
Methods: Literature search was done from Web of Science, PubMed, Google Scholar and Scopus databases, cumulative case fatalities of individual viral infection calculated, and geographic coverage of the pandemics were shown by maps.
Small ruminants and camels are important livestock species in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), although infection can limit their productivity. This study aimed to investigate the seroprevalence of infection and its associated risk factors in small ruminants and camels in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Additionally, seropositive animals were tested for the DNA of .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWhole-genome sequencing-based genetic diversity, transmission dynamics, and drug-resistant mutations in isolated from extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients in western Ethiopia.
Front Public Health
August 2024
Article Synopsis
- Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is a serious public health issue that often gets overlooked, so this study examines its genetic diversity, drug resistance, and transmission chains in western Ethiopia.
- Using whole-genome sequencing on samples from EPTB patients, researchers found that 87.64% of the bacteria belonged to a dominant lineage (Lineage-4) with varying sub-lineages, and a low rate of multi-drug resistance was observed.
- The study highlights a high clustering rate of infections, signaling the need for better TB control measures, and reveals that many drug-resistance mutations were not detected by standard diagnostic tests, showing the importance of advanced sequencing techniques.