Browsing Brage NMBU by Author "Munang´andu, Hetron Mweemba"
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A whole-cell Lactococcus garvieae autovaccine protects Nile tilapia against infection
Bwalya, Patricia; Hang'Ombe, Bernard M.; Gamil, Amr Ahmed Abdelrahim; Munang´andu, Hetron Mweemba; Evensen, Øystein; Mutoloki, Stephen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The autovaccine was produced in-house using a bacterial isolate from a diseased fish from the target farm. Three groups of 150 fish each were injected with either 1) an oil-adjuvanted, inactivated whole cell autovaccine, ... -
Application of Outer Membrane Protein-Based Vaccines Against Major Bacterial Fish Pathogens in India
Maiti, Biswajit; Dubey, Saurabh; Munang´andu, Hetron Mweemba; Karunasagar, Iddya; Karunasagar, Indrani; Evensen, Øystein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Aquaculture is one of the fastest-growing food-producing sectors in the world. However, its growth is hampered by various disease problems due to infectious microorganisms, including Gram-negative bacteria in finfish ... -
Bacillus subtilis Inhibits Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus Infection in Olive Flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) Intestinal Epithelial Cells
Han, So-Ri; Munang´andu, Hetron Mweemba; Yeo, In-Kyu; Kim, Sung-Hyun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) is a highly pathogenic virus that infects a wide range of host fish species causing high economic losses in aquaculture. Epithelial cells in mucosal organs are target sites for ... -
Challenges and Solutions to Viral Diseases of Finfish in Marine Aquaculture
Mugimba, Kizito K.; Byarugaba, Denis K.; Mutoloki, Stephen; Evensen, Øystein; Munang´andu, Hetron Mweemba (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Aquaculture is the fastest food-producing sector in the world, accounting for one-third of global food production. As is the case with all intensive farming systems, increase in infectious diseases has adversely impacted ... -
Immunization with bovine serum albumin (Bsa) in oil-adjuvant elicits igm antibody response in chinese soft-shelled turtle (pelodiscus sinensis)
Xu, Cheng; Xu, Jiehao; Chen, Yu; Evensen, Øystein; Munang´andu, Hetron Mweemba; Qian, Guoying (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020) -
Sequential Immunization With Heterologous Viruses Does Not Result in Attrition of the B Cell Memory in Rainbow Trout
Navelsaker, Sofie; Magadan, Susana; Jouneau, Luc; Quillet, Edwige; Olesen, Niels Jørgen; Munang´andu, Hetron Mweemba; Boudinot, Pierre; Evensen, Øystein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019) -
Tilapia lake virus does not hemagglutinate avian and piscine erythrocytes and NH4Cl does not inhibit viral replication in vitro
Chengula, Augustino Alfred; Mutoloki, Stephen; Evensen, Øystein; Munang´andu, Hetron Mweemba (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Tilapia lake virus (TiLV) is a negative-sense single-stranded RNA (-ssRNA) icosahedral virus classified to be the only member in the family Amnoonviridae. Although TiLV segment-1 shares homology with the influenza C virus ... -
Vaccines and Immunostimulants for finfish
Munang´andu, Hetron Mweemba; Salinas, I.; Tafalla, Carolina; Dalmo, Roy Ambli (Others, 2020)