Member Profile
Membership type: full
Debora Charles Kajeguka
Country of origin: Tanzania Currently in: Tanzania, Moshi General field of specialization: Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences-
Degrees
2017 Doctorate Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences -
Current Research Activities
Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
Arbovirus and Malaria elimination
Publications resulting from Research:
1) Lyimo, S., Geoffrey, S., Emidi, B., Mgabo, M.R. & Kajeguka, D.C. (2018) Cross-sectional Survey on Antibiotic Prescription Practices Among Health Care Providers in Rombo District, Northern Tanzania. East African Health Research Journal, 2, 1–8.
2) Homenauth, E., Kajeguka, D. & Kulkarni, M.A. (2017). Principal component analysis of socioeconomic factors and their association with malaria and arbovirus risk in Tanzania: A sensitivity analysis. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 71 (11).
3) Kassam, N.A., Damian, D.J., Kajeguka, D., Nyombi, B. & Kibiki, G.S. (2017). Spectrum and antibiogram of bacteria isolated from patients presenting with infected wounds in a Tertiary Hospital, northern Tanzania. BMC Research Notes. 10 (757).
4) Kajeguka, D.C., Kaaya, R.D., Desrochers, R., Iranpour, M., Kavishe, R.A., Mwakalinga, S., Schiøler, K.L., Alifrangis, M., Lindsay, L.R., Dibernardo, A., Mosha, F.W. & Kulkarni, M.A. (2017). Mapping clusters of chikungunya and dengue transmission in northern Tanzania using disease exposure and vector data. Tanzania Journal of Health Research. 19 (4). p.pp. 1–12.
5) Kajeguka, D.C. & Moses, E.A. (2017). Self-medication practices and predictors for self-medication with antibiotics and antimalarials among community in Mbeya city, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Health Research. 19 (4).
6) Goodluck, M., Basiliana, E., Mgabo, M., Sigalla, G. & Debora, C. Kajeguka, D. (2017) Community knowledge and attitudes on antibiotic use in Moshi Urban, Northern Tanzania: Findings from a cross sectional study. African Journal of Microbiology Research, 11, 1018–1026.
7) Kajeguka, D.C., Msonga, M., Schiøler, K.L., Meyrowitsch, D.W., Syrianou, P., Tenu, F., Alifrangis, M., Mosha, F.W. and Kavishe, R.A. (2017) Individual and environmental risk factors for dengue and chikungunya seropositivity in North-Eastern Tanzania. Infection, Disease & Health, 3 35–46.
8) Kajeguka, D., Desrochers, R.E., Mwangi, R., Mgabo, M.R., Alifrangis, M., Kavishe, R.A., Mosha, F.W. and Kulkarni, M.A. (2017) Knowledge and Practice Regarding Dengue and Chikungunya: a cross sectional study among Healthcare Workers and Community in Northern Tanzania. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 22(5) 583–593.
9) Kajeguka, D.C., Kaaya, R., Mwakalinga, S., Ndossi, N., Ndaro, A., Chilongola, O.J., Mosha, F.W., Schioler, K.., Kavishe, R.. & Alifrangis, M. (2016). Prevalence of Dengue and Chikungunya virus infections in north-eastern Tanzania: a cross sectional study among participants presenting with malaria-like symptoms. BMC Infectious Diseases. 16 (183).
10) Kulkarni, M.A., Desrochers, R.E., Kajeguka, D.C., Kaaya, R.D., Tomayer, A., Kweka, E.J., Protopopoff, N. and Mosha, F.W. (2016) 10 Years of Environmental Change on the Slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro and Its Associated Shift in Malaria Vector Distributions. Frontiers in Public Health, 4(December) 1–10.
11) Ngasala, G., Mgabo, M.R., Mrema, J.G., Sabuni, J., Mwakalinga, S. and and Kajeguka, D.C. (2016) Oral candida infection among HIV patients at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre in northern , Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Health Research, 18(1) 1–8.
12) Chilongola, J., Msoka, E., Juma, A., Kajeguka, D.C., Semuva, H., Kituma, E., Kwigizile, E. & Nyombi, B. (2015). Antibiotics prescription practices for provisional malaria cases in three hospitals in Moshi, Northern Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Health Research. 17 (3).
13) Chilongola, J., Ndaro, A., Tarimo, H., Shedrack, T., Barthazary, S., Kaaya, R., Masokoto, A., Kajeguka, D., Kavishe, R.A. and Lusingu, J. (2015) Occurrence of pfatpase6 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated with Artemisinin Resistance among Field Isolates of Plasmodium falciparum in North-Eastern Tanzania. Malaria Research and Treatment, 2015 279028.
14) Kajeguka, D.C., Nambunga, P.P., Kabissi, F., Kamugisha, B., Kassam, N., Nyombi, B., Mataro, C., Maro, V. and Chilongola, J.O. (2015) Antimicrobial resistance patterns of phenotype Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase producing bacterial isolates in a referral hospital in northern Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Health Research, 17(3) 1–8.
15) Kajeguka, D., Mwanziva, C., Daou, M., Ndaro, A., Matondo, S., Mbugi, E., Dolmans, W. & Chilongola, J. (2011). CD36 c . 1264 T > G Null Mutation Impairs Acquisition of IgG Antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum MSP1- 19 Antigen and is Associated with Higher Malaria Incidences in Tanzanian Children. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, 75 (3) 355–360
16) Mgogwe, J., Semvua, H., Msangi, R., Mataro, C., Kajeguka, D. & Chilongola, J. (2012). The evolution of haematological and biochemical indices in HIV patients during a six-month treatment period. African Health Sciences. 12 (1).
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchTeachingI am teaching microbiology to medical Students at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical university College I am also conducting research on Arbovirus, Malaria, and antimicrobial resistance
Workshop and Conference Attended
2013 Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College , Tanzania Introduction to GIS and Using Maximum Entropy for species distribution modeling2014 Ottawa, Canada Canadian Conference on Global HealthPresentation given
2014Seroprevalence and distribution of dengue and chikungunya viruses in communities with different malaria endemicityArusha, TanzaniaEvent: Association of Pathologist of East, Central and Southern Africa2014Innovative approaches to solve emerging global health challenges “Mapping disease vectors to target malaria and arbovirus interventions in Tanzania”�Ottawa, CanadaEvent: Canadian Conference on Global Health, Ottawa, Canada