Browsing Biology by Author "Albrecht, Christian"
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An accident waiting to happen? Exposing the potential of urogenital schistosomiasis transmission in the Lake Albert region, Uganda
Tumusiime, Julius; Kagoro‑Rugunda, Grace; Tolo, Casim Umba; Namirembe, Daisy; Schols, Ruben; Hammoud, Cyril; Albrecht, Christian; Huyse, Tine (Parasites & Vectors, 2023)Background: Urogenital schistosomiasis caused by the parasitic blood fluke Schistosoma haematobium is the most common form of that constitutes a majority of over 240 million schistosomiasis cases. The enigmatic absence of ... -
An accident waiting to happen? Exposing the potential of urogenital schistosomiasis transmission in the Lake Albert region, Uganda
Tumusiime, Julius; Kagoro‑Rugunda, Grace; Tolo, Casim Umba; Namirembe, Daisy; Schols, Ruben; Hammoud, Cyril; Albrecht, Christian; Huyse, Tine (Parasites & Vectors, 2023)Background: Urogenital schistosomiasis caused by the parasitic blood fluke Schistosoma haematobium is the most common form of that constitutes a majority of over 240 million schistosomiasis cases. The enigmatic absence of ... -
Citizens can help to map putative transmission sites for snail-borne diseases
Tumusiime, Julius; Bhraunxs, Noelia Valderrama; Kagoro-Rugunda, Grace; Namirembe, Daisy; Albrecht, Christian; Twongyirwe, Ronald; Tolo, Casim Umba; Jacobs, Liesbet; Huyse, Tine (LOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2024)Introduction: Schistosomiasis and fasciolosis are snail-borne diseases of great medical and veterinary health importance. The World Health Organization recommends complementing drug treatment with snail control and community ... -
Exploring the genetic diversity of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) grown in Uganda based on SSR markers
Nakintu, Justine; Albrecht, Christian; Muller, Christina M.; Rugunda, Grace Kagoro; Andama, Morgan; Olet, Eunice A; Lejju, Julius Bunny; Gemeinholzer, Birgit (Genet Resour Crop Evol, 2019-09-03)Abstract Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam. is an economically important tree crop that is widely cultivated in Uganda for its fruit. Despite its economic importance, little is known about the genetic diversity of jackfruit in ... -
Molecular identification of Bulinus spp. intermediate host snails of Schistosoma spp. in crater lakes of western Uganda with implications for the transmission of the Schistosoma haematobium group parasites
Tumwebaze, Immaculate; Clewing, Catharina; Dusabe, Marie Claire; Tumusiime, Julius; Rugunda, Grace Kagoro; Hammoud, Cyril; Albrecht, Christian (Springer Nature, 2019-11-27)Background: Human schistosomiasis is the second most important tropical disease and occurs in two forms in Africa (intestinal and urogenital) caused by the digenetic trematodes Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium, ... -
Morphological traits of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.): Indicators of diversity, selection and germplasm dispersion in Uganda
Nakintu, Justine; Andama, Morgan; Albrecht, Christian; Wangalwa, Raphael; Lejju, Julius Bunny; Olet, Eunice A. (Scientific African, 2023)Uganda is one of the African countries with increasing production demands of jackfruit since it has gained popularity as a food and nutrition security crop with therapeutic benefits. However, the jackfruit germplasm in ... -
Reliability of the Tanzania river scoring system (TARISS) macroinvertebrate index of water quality: a case study of the river Mpanga system, Uganda
Tumusiime, Julius; Tolo, Casim Umba; Dusabe, Marie-Claire; Albrecht, Christian (Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 2019-06-27)Uganda does not have a biomonitoring system for assessing the water quality of its rivers basing on benthic macroinvertebrates. An alternative system has been suggested in Tanzania. Differences in characteristics between ... -
Speciation in Ancient Lakes 8 – Celebrating 25 years and moving towards the future
Albrecht, Christian; Salzburger, Walter; Tolo, Casim Umba; Stelbrink, Björn (Journal of Great Lakes Research, 2020)Hypotheses in evolutionary biology, ecology, climatology and geology are often tested in insular ecosystems. Ancient lakes, i.e. lakes that have existed since at least the Last Glacial Maximum and typically for longer ... -
Trematode infection affects shell shape and size in Bulinus tropicus
Hammoud, Cyril; Kayenbergh, Annelies; Tumusiime, Julius; Verschuren, Dirk; Albrecht, Christian; Huyse, Tine; Bocxlaerf, Bert Van (International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 18 (2022) 300–311, 2022)Trematodes can increase intraspecific variation in the phenotype of their intermediate snail host. However, the extent of such phenotypic changes remains unclear. We investigated the influence of trematode infection on the ...