Publications by authors named "Lydia M Langata"
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- * The study examined 132 bats from 4 species in Yamaguchi Prefecture using PCR methods to detect various viruses.
- * Researchers identified herpesviruses, adenoviruses, astroviruses, and coronaviruses, finding 12 strains that are closely related to viruses from China and South Korea.
Several types of odours are involved in the location of host animals by tsetse (Diptera: Glossinidae), a vector of animal African trypanosomiasis. Host animals' ageing urine has been shown to be the source of a phenolic blend attractive to the tsetse. Nevertheless, limited research has been performed on the microbial communities' role in the production of phenols.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Increase in antimicrobial resistance is a threat to health sector globally. Surveillance on the spread and emergence of antimicrobial resistance is therefore invertible. This study investigated prevalence of Salmonella and Escherichia coli, molecularly characterized their antimicrobial resistance patterns and spread among resistant isolates from chicken droppings.
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