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M J Chimbari

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Kabuyaya M, Chimbari M, Mukaratirwa S
S Afr Med J . 2020 Sep; 110(7):657-660. PMID: 32880343
Background: The World Health Organization recommends praziquantel (PZQ) (40 mg/kg body weight) for treating schistosomiasis. However, drug failure has been reported, prompting use of 60 mg/kg, for which results have...
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Rubaba O, Chimbari M, Soko W, Manyangadze T, Mukaratirwa S
Acta Trop . 2018 Feb; 182:161-165. PMID: 29486172
Circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) tests for schistosomiasis are fast and less complicated allowing making them good candidates for routine qualitative screening for schistosomiasis at point of care. The urine-CCA has...
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Onkoba N, Chimbari M, Kamau J, Mukaratirwa S
Open Vet J . 2016 Nov; 6(3):178-184. PMID: 27882304
Tissue-dwelling helminths are known to induce intestinal and systemic inflammation accompanied with host compensatory mechanisms to counter balance nutritional and metabolic deficiencies. The metabolic and immune responses of the host...
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Ngwenya B, Thakadu O, Magole L, Chimbari M
Acta Trop . 2016 Nov; 175:31-41. PMID: 27876649
This paper focuses on ways in which three riparian communities (Xobe, Shorobe and Tubu) practising flood recession (molapo) farming along the fringes of the Okavango Delta in Ngamiland District in...
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Chirebvu E, Chimbari M
J Med Entomol . 2016 Mar; 53(3):569-576. PMID: 27018444
Comprehensive knowledge on vector dynamics is lacking in Botswana and yet essential for effective indoor residual spraying. This study assessed some of the entomological indices that contribute to malaria transmission...
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Onkoba W, Chimbari M, Kamau J, Mukaratirwa S
J Helminthol . 2015 Aug; 90(5):547-54. PMID: 26294082
To improve diagnostic tools, immunotherapies and vaccine development for trichinellosis surveillance and control there is a need to understand the host immune responses induced during infection with Trichinella zimbabwensis, a...
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Mangoma J, Chirenje M, Chimbari M, Chandiwana S
Afr J Reprod Health . 2006 Sep; 10(1):91-103. PMID: 16999199
This paper gives a sociological and anthropological insight into the rural women's perceptions and understanding of cervical symptomatology, screening and cancer. Qualitative data was collected through in-depth interviews and focus...
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Chimbari M, Chirebvu E, Ndlela B
Acta Trop . 2004 Jan; 89(2):205-13. PMID: 14732242
A comparative assessment of the malaria and schistosomiasis risks associated with surface and sprinkler irrigation systems in Zimbabwe was carried out. The risk assessment of the two diseases was done...
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Chimbari M, Chirundu D
Cent Afr J Med . 2003 Oct; 49(1-2):8-12. PMID: 14562594
Objective: To determine the prevalence and intensity of schistosomiasis in urban and peri-urban Kariba. Design: A cross sectional schistosomiasis survey involving screening people for infection and searching for intermediate host...
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Chimbari M, Dhlomo E, Mwadiwa E, Mubila L
Ann Trop Med Parasitol . 2003 Sep; 97(6):605-16. PMID: 14511559
Given that the two communities lie only 10 km apart, on the northern shore of Lake Kariba, it is surprising that human schistosomiasis now appears to be a much less...