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Overview

Nigatu Kebede is affiliated with Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia and has conducted research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The focus areas of their studies include Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

The main topics addressed in their research encompass Trypanosoma species research and implications, Vector-Borne Animal Diseases, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Zoonotic diseases and public health, Parasitic infections in humans and animals, Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery, and Helminth infection and control.

Recent publications by Nigatu Kebede include:

  • Ranking the risk of animal-to-human spillover for newly discovered viruses, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Magnitude of Antibody Cross-Reactivity in Medically Important Mosquito-Borne Flaviviruses: A Systematic Review, 2021, Infection and Drug Resistance
  • Epidemiology of Porcine Cysticercosis in Eastern and Southern Africa: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, 2022, Frontiers in Public Health
  • Molecular Epidemiology and Genotyping of Infectious Bronchitis Virus and Avian Metapneumovirus in Backyard and Commercial Chickens in Jimma Zone, Southwestern Ethiopia, 2020, Veterinary Sciences
  • Predicting the potential for zoonotic transmission and host associations for novel viruses, 2022, Communications Biology

Frequent collaborators with whom Nigatu Kebede has co-authored publications include:

  • Woutrina Smith
  • Tesfu Kassa
  • Wendi Jackson
  • Tsegaw Fentie
  • Jennifer K. Lane

The venues where Nigatu Kebede has frequently published are:

  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • Parasite Epidemiology and Control
  • Infection and Drug Resistance
  • Communications Biology
  • BMC Veterinary Research

Best Publications

  • Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella isolated from lactating cows and in contact humans in dairy farms of Addis Ababa: a cross sectional study

    Zelalem Addis;Nigatu Kebede;Zufan Sisay;Haile Alemayehu

  • Antidiarrhoeal and antimicrobial activity of Calpurnia aurea leaf extract

    Shemsu Umer;Alemu Tekewe;Nigatu Kebede

  • Hydatidosis of slaughtered animals in Bahir Dar Abattoir, Northwestern Ethiopia

    Nigatu Kebede;Abebe Mitiku;Getachew Tilahun

  • A comparative study of Widal test with blood culture in the diagnosis of typhoid fever in febrile patients

    Gizachew Andualem;Tamrat Abebe;Nigatu Kebede;Solomon Gebre-Selassie

  • Seroprevalence and risk factors for Toxoplasmosis in HIV infected and non-infected individuals in Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia

    Fisseha Walle;Nigatu Kebede;Nigatu Kebede;Aster Tsegaye;Tesfu Kassa

  • Tuberculosis infection in animal and human populations in three districts of Western Gojam, Ethiopia.

    T. Fetene;N. Kebede;G. Alem

  • Hydatidosis of slaughtered cattle in Wolaita Sodo Abattoir, southern Ethiopia.

    Nigatu Kebede;Habtamu Mekonnen;Abebe Wossene;Getachew Tilahun

  • Cysticercosis of slaughtered cattle in northwestern Ethiopia

    Nigatu Kebede

  • Magnitude of Antibody Cross-Reactivity in Medically Important Mosquito-Borne Flaviviruses: A Systematic Review

    Adugna Endale;Adugna Endale;Girmay Medhin;Koyamo Darfiro;Nigatu Kebede

  • Current status of bovine cysticercosis of slaughtered cattle in Addis Ababa Abattoir, Ethiopia

    Nigatu Kebede;Getachew Tilahun;Asrat Hailu

  • Prevalence and characterization of hydatidosis in animals slaughtered at Addis Ababa abattoir, Ethiopia

    Zelalem Fikire;Tadele Tolosa;Zelalem Nigussie

  • Prevalence and financial effects of hydatidosis in cattle slaughtered in Birre-Sheleko and Dangila Abattoirs, Northwestern Ethiopia.

    N. Kebede;Z. Gebre-Egziabher;G. Tilahun;A. Wossene

  • Financial loss estimation, prevalence and characterization of hydatidosis of cattle slaughtered at Debre Markos Municipality abattoir, Ethiopia

    Nigatu Kebede;Abebe Abuhay;Getachew Tilahun;Abebe Wossene

  • Seroprevalence and risk factors of brucellosis in abattoir workers at Debre Zeit and Modjo export abattoir, Central Ethiopia.

    Amanuel Tsegay;Getachew Tuli;Tesfu Kassa;Nigatu Kebede

  • Community knowledge, attitude and practice towards cutaneous leishmaniasis endemic area Ochello, Gamo Gofa Zone, South Ethiopia

    Nigatu Kebede;Nigatu Kebede;Alemayehu Worku;Ahmed Ali;Abebe Animut

  • Retrospective survey of human hydatidosis in Bahir Dar, north-western Ethiopia.

    N Kebede;A Mitiku;G Tilahun

  • Seroprevalence and risk factors of Brucellosis in small ruminants slaughtered at Debre Ziet and Modjo export abattoirs, Ethiopia

    Amanuel Tsegay;Getachew Tuli;Tesfu Kassa;Nigatu Kebede

  • Bovine tuberculosis of cattle in three districts of northwestern Ethiopia

    Teshome Fetene;Nigatu Kebede

  • Trypanosomosis of cattle in selected districts of Awi zone, northwestern Ethiopia.

    Nigatu Kebede;Abebe Animut

  • A retrospective survey of bovine hydatidosis in three abattoirs of Amhara National Regional State, northwestern Ethiopia.

    Nigatu Kebede

  • Occurrences and financial significance of bovine cystic echinococcosis in Southern Wollo, Northeastern Ethiopia

    Alemu Bizuwork;Nigatu Kebede;Tariku Tibat;Getachew Tilahun

  • Prevalence of dog gastrointestinal parasites and risk perception of zoonotic infection by dog owners in Wondo Genet, Southern Ethiopia

    Octavius Jones;Nigatu Kebede;Tesfu Kassa;Getachew Tilahun

  • In Vivo anti-trypanosomal activity of dichloromethane and methanol crude leaf extracts of Dovyalis abyssinica (Salicaceae) against Trypanosoma congolense.

    Belay Tadesse;Getachew Terefe;Nigatu Kebede;Workineh Shibeshi

  • Population dynamics of cattle ectoparasites in Western Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia

    Nigatu Kebede;Teshome Fetene

  • Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites of dogs and community awareness about zoonotic diseases in Chagni town, northwestern Ethiopia

    Nigatu Kebede

Frequent Co-Authors

Getachew Tilahun
Getachew Tilahun Addis Ababa University
Asrat Hailu
Asrat Hailu Addis Ababa University
Tadele Tolosa
Tadele Tolosa Jimma University
Abhay R. Satoskar
Abhay R. Satoskar The Ohio State University
Wondwossen A. Gebreyes
Wondwossen A. Gebreyes The Ohio State University

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