Seroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii and potential tick vectors infesting domestic ruminants and community perception of the disease in pastoral areas of south Omo zone, southern Ethiopia

Authors: Getachew, Senait, Kumsa, Bersissa, Getachew, Yitbarek, Kinfe, Getachew, Gumi, Balako, Rufael, Tesfaye, Megersa, Bekele

Source: In Parasite Epidemiology and Control August 2024 26

Acaricide resistance status of livestock ticks from East and West Africa and in vivo efficacy of acaricides to control them

Authors: Evans, Alec, Madder, Maxime, Fourie, Josephus, Halos, Lénaïg, Kumsa, Bersissa, Kimbita, Elikira, Byaruhanga, Joseph, Mwiine, Frank Norbert, Muhanguzi, Dennis, Adehan, Safiou Bienvenu, Toure, Alassane, Nzalawahe, Jahashi, Aboagye-Antwi, Fred, Ogo, Ndudim Isaac, Meyer, Leon, Jongejan, Frans, Cheikhi, Imad Bouzaidi, Fisher, Maggie, Holdsworth, Peter

Source: In International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance August 2024 25

Gastrointestinal parasites of owned cats in three districts of Central Ethiopia: Prevalence and risk factors

Authors: Bayou, Kibruyesfa, Terefe, Getachew, Kumsa, Bersissa

Source: In Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports July 2024 52

Biting Flies and Associated Pathogens in Camels in Amibara District of Afar Region, Ethiopia.

Authors: Chalchisa, Adugna¹ (AUTHOR), Kumsa, Bersissa² (AUTHOR), Gutema Wegi, Fekadu³ (AUTHOR)

Source: Veterinary Medicine International. 1/9/2024, p1-11. 11p.

Subject Terms: *CAMELS, *FLIES, *SERODIAGNOSIS, *FLY control, *TRYPANOSOMA, *PEDICULOSIS

Geographic Terms: ETHIOPIA

Epidemiology of gastrointestinal parasites of dogs in four districts of central Ethiopia: Prevalence and risk factors.

Authors: Bayou, Kibruyesfa, Terefe, Getachew, Kumsa, Bersissa

Source: PLoS ONE; 1/14/2025, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p1-16, 16p

Subject Terms: DOG parasites, FEMALE dogs, CONSCIOUSNESS raising, CANIS, RAW foods

Tick communities of cattle in smallholder rural livestock production systems in sub-Saharan Africa.

Authors: Heylen, Dieter J. A.^1,2 (AUTHOR) dieter.heylen@uantwerpen.be, Kumsa, Bersissa³ (AUTHOR), Kimbita, Elikira⁴ (AUTHOR), Frank, Mwiine Nobert⁵ (AUTHOR), Muhanguzi, Dennis⁵ (AUTHOR), Jongejan, Frans⁶ (AUTHOR), Adehan, Safiou Bienvenu⁷ (AUTHOR), Toure, Alassane⁸ (AUTHOR), Aboagye-Antwi, Fred⁹ (AUTHOR), Ogo, Ndudim Isaac¹⁰ (AUTHOR), Juleff, Nick¹¹ (AUTHOR), Fourie, Josephus¹² (AUTHOR), Evans, Alec¹³ (AUTHOR), Byaruhanga, Joseph¹⁴ (AUTHOR), Madder, Maxime¹³ (AUTHOR)

Source: Parasites & Vectors. 7/25/2023, Vol. 16 Issue 1, p1-15. 15p.

Subject Terms: *CATTLE tick, *LIVESTOCK productivity, *FARMERS, *THEILERIA parva, *ANAPLASMA marginale, *TICK infestations, *SUSTAINABILITY

Geographic Terms: EAST Africa

Practices and efficacy of nematode control in sheep, goats and cattle in communal grazing settings of central Ethiopia.

Authors: Maurizio, Anna, Terfa, Waktole, Kumsa, Bersissa, Ayana, Dinka, Bekele, Hora, Zoroaster, Alessia, Cassini, Rudi

Source: Tropical Animal Health & Production; Dec2024, Vol. 56 Issue 9, p1-9, 9p

Cystic echinococcosis in slaughtered cattle at Addis Ababa Abattoir enterprise, Ethiopia

Authors: Kumsa, Bersissa

Source: In Veterinary and Animal Science June 2019 7

Out-of-Africa, human-mediated dispersal of the common cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis: The hitchhiker’s guide to world domination

Authors: Lawrence, Andrea L., Webb, Cameron E., Clark, Nicholas J., Halajian, Ali, Mihalca, Andrei D., Miret, Jorge, D'Amico, Gianluca, Brown, Graeme, Kumsa, Bersissa, Modrý, David, Šlapeta, Jan

Source: In International Journal for Parasitology April 2019 49(5):321-336

Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Parasites of Cattle in Three Districts in Central Ethiopia.

Authors: Terfa, Waktole¹ (AUTHOR), Kumsa, Bersissa² (AUTHOR), Ayana, Dinka² (AUTHOR), Maurizio, Anna³ (AUTHOR), Tessarin, Cinzia³ (AUTHOR), Cassini, Rudi³ (AUTHOR) rudi.cassini@unipd.it

Source: Animals (2076-2615). Jan2023, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p285. 11p.

Subject Terms: *EIMERIA, *INTESTINAL parasites, *CATTLE parasites, *LOGISTIC regression analysis, *LOW-income countries, *PARASITIC diseases, *LIVESTOCK productivity

Geographic Terms: ETHIOPIA

Identification and prevalence of ixodid ticks of cattle in case of Aleltu district, Oromia regional state, northern Ethiopia.

Authors: Gobe, Abeti, Chalchisa, Adugna, Kumsa, Bersissa

Source: Veterinary Medicine & Science; Sep2024, Vol. 10 Issue 5, p1-8, 8p

Subject Terms: CATTLE productivity, CATTLE tick, RHIPICEPHALUS, HYALOMMA, AMBLYOMMA, TICK infestations

Ectoparasites infesting dogs and cats in Bishoftu, central Oromia, Ethiopia

Authors: Kumsa, Bersissa, Abiy, Yonas, Abunna, Fufa

Source: In Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports January 2019 15

Survey of ectoparasites affecting dog and cat populations living in sympatry in Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia.

Authors: Taddesse, Hana, Grillini, Marika, Ayana, Dinka, Frangipane di Regalbono, Antonio, Cassini, Rudi, Kumsa, Bersissa

Source: Veterinary Medicine & Science; May2024, Vol. 10 Issue 3, p1-10, 10p

Subject Terms: FEMALE dogs, BEAGLE (Dog breed), SYMPATRIC speciation, BROWN dog tick, CAT flea, HEALTH of pets, ECTOPARASITES

Geographic Terms: ETHIOPIA

First record of the nematode Libyostrongylus dentatus Hoberg, Lloyd & Omar, 1995 (Trichostrongylidae) in ostriches (Struthio camelus Linnaeus, 1758) (Struthionidae) outside the Americas

Authors: Andrade, Josiana, Kumsa, Bersissa, Ayana, Dinka, Vieira, Ricardo, Santos, Clóvis de Paula, Iñiguez, Alena, DaMatta, Renato

Source: Parasites & vectors. 11(1):1-8

Availability: http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&gathStatTab=true&ct=display&fn=search&doc=ETOCvdc_100185619390.0x000001&indx=1&recIds=ETOCvdc_100185619390.0x000001

Data release: targeted systematic literature search for tick and tick-borne pathogen distributions in six countries in sub-Saharan Africa from 1901 to 2020.

Authors: Lilak, Abigail A., Pecor, David B., Matulis, Graham, Potter, Alexander M., Wofford, Rachel N., Kearney, Mary F., Mitchell, Stephanie, Jaradat, Fatima, Kano, Arisa, Zimmerman, Dawn M., Hassell, James M., Kumsa, Bersissa, Kamau, Maureen, Linton, Yvonne-Marie, von Fricken, Michael E.

Source: Parasites & Vectors; 2/22/2024, Vol. 17, p1-28, 28p

New Borrelia species detected in ixodid ticks in Oromia, Ethiopia

Authors: Kumsa, Bersissa, Socolovschi, Cristina, Raoult, Didier, Parola, Philippe

Source: In Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases April 2015 6(3):401-407

Spotted fever group rickettsiae in ixodid ticks in Oromia, Ethiopia

Authors: Kumsa, Bersissa, Socolovschi, Cristina, Raoult, Didier, Parola, Philippe

Source: In Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases February 2015 6(1):8-15

Bartonella melophagi in Melophagus ovinus (sheep ked) collected from sheep in northern Oromia, Ethiopia

Authors: Kumsa, Bersissa, Parola, Philippe, Raoult, Didier, Socolovschi, Cristina

Source: In Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases January 2014 37(1):69-76

Synlophe Structure in Pseudomarshallagia elongata (Nematoda: Trichostrongyloidea), Abomasal Parasites Among Ethiopian Ungulates, with Consideration of Other Morphological Attributes and Differentiation Within the Ostertagiinae.

Authors: Hoberg, Eric P., Kumsa, Bersissa, Pilitt, Patricia A.

Source: Journal of Parasitology; April 2010, Vol. 96 Issue 2, p401-411, 11p

Publisher Correction: Tick communities of cattle in smallholder rural livestock production systems in sub-Saharan Africa.

Authors: Heylen, Dieter J. A.^1,2 (AUTHOR) dieter.heylen@uantwerpen.be, Kumsa, Bersissa³ (AUTHOR), Kimbita, Elikira⁴ (AUTHOR), Frank, Mwiine Nobert⁵ (AUTHOR), Muhanguzi, Dennis⁵ (AUTHOR), Jongejan, Frans⁶ (AUTHOR), Adehan, Safiou Bienvenu⁷ (AUTHOR), Toure, Alassane⁸ (AUTHOR), Aboagye‑Antwi, Fred⁹ (AUTHOR), Ogo, Ndudim Isaac¹⁰ (AUTHOR), Juleff, Nick¹¹ (AUTHOR), Fourie, Josephus¹² (AUTHOR), Evans, Alec¹³ (AUTHOR), Byaruhanga, Joseph¹⁴ (AUTHOR), Madder, Maxime¹³ (AUTHOR)

Source: Parasites & Vectors. 11/16/2023, Vol. 16 Issue 1, p1-2. 2p.

Subject Terms: *LIVESTOCK productivity, *CATTLE tick, *FARMERS, *PUBLISHING, *TICKS, *PERIODICAL publishing, *RHIPICEPHALUS

Geographic Terms: SUB-Saharan Africa