Publications by authors named "Mulu Berihun"
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- The study investigates the role of meningitis in child mortality under five years old, particularly focusing on data from six sub-Saharan African countries and Bangladesh.
- It employs post-mortem minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS) to identify the causes of death and pathogens responsible for meningitis in this age group from December 2016 to December 2023.
- Findings reveal that meningitis contributed to 7% of child deaths, with common pathogens identified being Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae, particularly affecting neonates and infants.
Diarrheagenic (DEC) are the leading cause of infectious diarrhea and pose a significant global, regional, and national burden of disease. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of six DEC pathotypes in children with diarrhea and determine their antibiotic resistance patterns. Samples from 107 diarrheagenic children were collected and processed for ().
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe colonization of freshwater lakes by invasive alien species is increasingly alarming primarily owing to nutrient loads from the watersheds. For the sustainable management of invasive weeds, preventive methods, such as watershed management and sustainable agricultural practices, are recommended. Watershed protection activities by the upstream local community are believed to be effective measures to reduce nutrient loading to the receiving water bodies and hence help prevent the spread of water hyacinth.
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