Publications by authors named "Mwanaisha Mkangara"

is a foodborne zoonotic pathogen causing diarrhoeal disease to humans after consuming contaminated water, animal, and plant products. The bacterium is the third leading cause of human death among diarrhoeal diseases worldwide. Therefore, human salmonellosis is of public health concern demanding integrated interventions against the causative agent, The prevention of salmonellosis in humans is intricate due to several factors, including an immune-stable individual infected with continuing to shed live bacteria without showing any clinical signs.

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Chronic diseases including cardiovascular, diabetes and cancer persist for a long time in the course of treatment affecting health and are currently the cause of many deaths. In most cases, the treatment of chronic infectious diseases especially Tuberculosis relies on conventional drugs which are currently becoming fruitless due to drug resistance and unpredicted complications in course of treatment. However, herbal medicines have for a long time been used in prevention and treatment of chronic diseases including asthma and heart diseases in Africa.

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Medicinal plants have been the good source of treatment for different ailments of humans as well as animals for centuries. However, in Tanzania, few plants were investigated for their efficacy against various diseases of chickens. In the present study, four medicinal plants were investigated against isolated from chickens.

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Aim: This study aimed to identify serovars by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based on virulence genes invasion A () and plasmid virulence C ().

Materials And Methods: DNA extraction of eight bacteria isolates was done using the PowerSoil DNA Isolation Kit. The amplification of and genes was done using conventional PCR.

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