Publications by authors named "Samuel T Ogundare"
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- Pathogenic Escherichia coli (PEC) can cause severe illness in humans and are commonly found in the intestines of animals and humans, contaminating food and water through faecal transmission.
- A study in South Africa collected samples from swine, poultry, human hand swabs, and water to analyze the prevalence and resistance patterns of PEC, finding that certain serogroups were predominant and many isolates showed multi-drug resistance (MDR).
- The results emphasize the risk of these pathogens spreading through close human contact and the necessity for improved monitoring to control MDR foodborne PECs in communities.
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) causes neonatal and post-weaning diarrhea in pigs. In order to determine the risk factors, rectal/fecal swabs and visceral organs obtained from pig farms in two regions of South Africa were analyzed microbiologically against risk variables. Seventy-two percent of young pigs were found to be positive for ETEC toxin genes; estB (38.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Since the first case of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Guinea in 2013, major outbreaks have been reported in West Africa.
Methodology: Cases and fatalities of EVD caused by Zaire Ebola virus (ZEBOV) were evaluated, and the risks of dying in the general population and in healthcare workers were assessed.
Results: The case fatality rate estimated for EVD was 76.