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Gobena Ameni is affiliated with the United Arab Emirates University in the United Arab Emirates and has contributed extensively to research in the field of medicine, with a specialized focus on infectious diseases, epidemiology, and surgery. Their academic work involves multidimensional aspects of tuberculosis research, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as animal disease management and epidemiology.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine

Within medicine, their subfields of study cover:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • Surgery
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Small Animals

The primary research topics that Gobena Ameni has addressed are:

  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • Animal Diversity and Health Studies

The scientist has also published frequently in several academic venues, including:

  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Ethiopian Veterinary Journal
  • Scientific Reports
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • PLoS ONE

Some of their recent publications include:

  • A Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Vaccination Against Bovine Tuberculosis: Is Perfect the Enemy of Good? (2021) in Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA in CD34-positive peripheral blood mononuclear cells of asymptomatic tuberculosis contacts: an observational study (2021) in The Lancet Microbe
  • An African origin for Mycobacterium bovis (2020) in Evolution Medicine and Public Health
  • Milk and meat consumption patterns and the potential risk of zoonotic disease transmission among urban and peri-urban dairy farmers in Ethiopia (2022) in BMC Public Health
  • Targeted-Sequencing Workflows for Comprehensive Drug Resistance Profiling of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cultures Using Two Commercial Sequencing Platforms: Comparison of Analytical and Diagnostic Performance, Turnaround Time, and Cost (2020) in Clinical Chemistry

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Balako Gumi
  • Aboma Zewude
  • James L. N. Wood
  • Stefan Berg
  • Andrew J. K. Conlan

Best Publications

  • Mycobacterial Lineages Causing Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis, Ethiopia

    Rebuma Firdessa;Stefan Berg;Elena Hailu;Esther Schelling

  • High Prevalence and Increased Severity of Pathology of Bovine Tuberculosis in Holsteins Compared to Zebu Breeds under Field Cattle Husbandry in Central Ethiopia

    Gobena Ameni;Abraham Aseffa;Howard Engers;Douglas Young

  • The Burden of Mycobacterial Disease in Ethiopian Cattle: Implications for Public Health

    Stefan Berg;Rebuma Firdessa;Meseret Habtamu;Endalamaw Gadisa

  • AN ETHNOBOTANICAL SURVEY ON PLANTS OF VETERINARY IMPORTANCE IN TWO WOREDAS OF SOUTHERN TIGRAY, NORTHERN ETHIOPIA

    Mirutse Giday;Gobena Ameni

  • The influence of cattle breed on susceptibility to bovine tuberculosis in Ethiopia

    Martin Vordermeier;Gobena Ameni;Stefan Berg;Stefan Berg;Richard Bishop

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in grazing cattle in central Ethiopia

    Gobena Ameni;H. Martin Vordermeier;Rebuma Firdessa;Abraham Aseffa

  • Diagnostic and treatment delay among Tuberculosis patients in Afar Region, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

    Mulugeta Belay;Mulugeta Belay;Gunnar Bjune;Gobena Ameni;Fekadu Abebe

  • Cattle Husbandry in Ethiopia Is a Predominant Factor Affecting the Pathology of Bovine Tuberculosis and Gamma Interferon Responses to Mycobacterial Antigens

    Gobena Ameni;Abraham Aseffa;Howard Engers;Douglas Young

  • Bovine tuberculosis on small-scale dairy farms in Adama Town, central Ethiopia, and farmer awareness of the disease.

    G Ameni;A Erkihun

  • Zoonotic tuberculosis and brucellosis in Africa: neglected zoonoses or minor public-health issues? The outcomes of a multi-disciplinary workshop

    T. Marcotty;F. Matthys;J. Godfroid;L. Rigouts

  • Bovine tuberculosis is more prevalent in cattle owned by farmers with active tuberculosis in central Ethiopia

    Alemayehu Regassa;Girmay Medhin;Gobena Ameni

  • Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis and associated risk factors in Eastern Ethiopian prisons.

    D S Abebe;G Bjune;G Ameni;D Biffa

  • Bovine Tuberculosis: Prevalence and risk factor assessment in cattle and cattle owners in Wuchale-Jida District, central Ethiopia

    G. Ameni;K. Amenu;Markos Tibbo

  • Appraisal of interpretation criteria for the comparative intradermal tuberculin test for diagnosis of tuberculosis in cattle in central Ethiopia.

    Gobena Ameni;Glyn Hewinson;Abraham Aseffa;Douglas Young

  • Field evaluation of the efficacy of Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guerin against bovine tuberculosis in neonatal calves in Ethiopia.

    Gobena Ameni;M. Vordermeier;Abraham Aseffa;D. B. Young

  • Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis between farmers and cattle in central Ethiopia.

    Gobena Ameni;Konjit Tadesse;Elena Hailu;Yohannes Deresse

  • Seroprevalence of bovine brucellosis in smallholder farms in central Ethiopia (Wuchale-Jida district)

    T. Kebede;G. Ejeta;G. Ameni

  • In vitro Anti-mycobacterial activity of selected medicinal plants against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis Strains

    Abdella Gemechu;Mirutse Giday;Adane Worku;Gobena Ameni

  • A cross-sectional study on bovine tuberculosis in Hawassa town and its surroundings, Southern Ethiopia.

    Alemayehu Regassa;Asmelash Tassew;Kebede Amenu;Bekele Megersa

  • Bovine tuberculosis in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Berhanu Sibhat;Kassahun Asmare;Kassa Demissie;Kassa Demissie;Gelagay Ayelet

  • Prevalence and drug resistance profile of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from pulmonary tuberculosis patients attending two public hospitals in East Gojjam zone, northwest Ethiopia.

    Kelemework Adane;Kelemework Adane;Gobena Ameni;Shiferaw Bekele;Markos Abebe

Frequent Co-Authors

Abraham Aseffa
Abraham Aseffa Armauer Hansen Research Institute
Stephen V. Gordon
Stephen V. Gordon University College Dublin
Sebastien Gagneux
Sebastien Gagneux University of Basel
Douglas B. Young
Douglas B. Young Imperial College London
R. Glyn Hewinson
R. Glyn Hewinson Aberystwyth University
James L. N. Wood
James L. N. Wood University of Cambridge
Jakob Zinsstag
Jakob Zinsstag Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Brian D. Robertson
Brian D. Robertson Imperial College London
Markos Tibbo
Markos Tibbo Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
François Roger
François Roger University of Montpellier

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