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Cryptosporidiosis is a diarrhoeal disease caused by the parasite, Cryptosporidium that can live in the intestine of humans and animals and is passed in the stool of an infected person or animal. In immune compromised individuals, Cryptosporidium infection can be serious, long-lasting and...

East Coast fever (ECF) is an infectious tick-borne disease of cattle, caused by a protozoan parasite Theileria parva. It is a disease of major economic importance in Zambia as it is the main cause of cattle morbidity and mortality. Despite its economic importance, the epidemiology of ECF in...

Intestinal Schistosomiasis (SCH) and Soil Transmitted Helminithiasis (STH) are among the major public health problems in the world, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. About 2 billion people are affected and that 300 million are ill as a result of these infections, the majority being children. In...

Background: Schistosomiasis is a major public health problem and an estimated 779 million people worldwide, are at risk of schistosomiasis. In Zambia, close to 2 million people are infected with the disease with prevalence attainment as high as 90% in some communities. Therefore, this study...

Background: Schistosomiasis is a major public health problem and an estimated 779 million people worldwide, are at risk of schistosomiasis. In Zambia, close to 2 million people are infected with the disease with prevalence attainment as high as 90% in some communities. Therefore, this study...

Background: Toxoplasmosis is a neglected disease and in Africa its seroprevalence ranges from 18.7% - 92.5%. About 3% -10% HIV/AIDS - Toxoplasmosis co-infected patients die from the later. This study aimed to determine the seroprevalence and determinants of the disease among pregnant women...

Background: In Africa, different studies have been conducted on schistosomiasis, one of the most devastating parasitic diseases in tropical countries. However, environmental determinants have not fully been explored as important means of additional strategies for prevention and control of the...

Theileria parva is a tick-transmitted protozoan parasite that causes an economically important disease of cattle called East Coast fever (ECF), in East, Central, and Southern Africa, including Zambia. Immunization against ECF by the infection and treatment method using the T. Parva chitongo...

Plague is a zoonotic disease, endemic throughout the world except Australia and Antarctica. The disease is highly infectious in humans. The causative agent is a gram-negative bacterium, Yersinia pestis (Y. pestis) which, primarily infects a wide range of rodents and is transmitted via flea...

Tungiasis, also commonly known as jiggers, is a zoonotic ectoparasitosis caused by the permanent penetration of the epidermis by a gravid female sand flea Tunga penetrans in the skin of a host. The skin disease is known to occur throughout Latin America, the Caribbean and sub Saharan Africa...