Dr
Richard
Mwakapuja
Dr
Richard
Mwakapuja
Veterinary public health research officer
Tanzania Vaccine Institute, Tanzania Veterinary Laboratory Agency
Email
mwakapujarichard [at] gmail.comBiography
Holder of PhD; Veterinary public health.
molecular epidemiology of mycobacterai tuberculosis complex in cattle and selected wildlife in Selous games and Mikumi nationa park ecosystems, eastern Tanzania.
MSc. Veterinary public health and Food safety
Research interests
control and prevention of animal and zoonoses, animal vaccine development and research, food safety, clinical trials and vaccine quality control
Projects you're working on
Arboviruses transmission dynamics, development of trivalent of enteric bacterial vaccine in poultry.
Brucellosis in small ruminants and humans
Discipline
Bacteriology Clinical trials – efficacy Clinical trials – safety Commercialisation Epidemiology Formulation technology Molecular biology Protein biology Quality assurance Safety evaluation Virology Host species
Cattle Fish Horses Pigs Poultry Small ruminants Wildlife Zoonoses Pathogen
Bacteria Bacteria›Aeromonas Bacteria›Brucella Bacteria›Clostridia Bacteria›E. coli Bacteria›Mycobacteria bovis Bacteria›Salmonella Viruses Viruses›African horse sickness virus Viruses›African swine fever virus Viruses›Arboviruses Viruses›Capripoxvirus Viruses›Foot-and-mouth disease virus Viruses›Infectious bursal disease virus Viruses›Mareks disease virus Viruses›Newcastle disease virus Viruses›Paramyxoviruses Viruses›Parvovirus Viruses›Peste des petits ruminants virus Viruses›Rabies virus Viruses›Rift Valley fever virus Viruses›Rotavirus Stage of vaccine development
Adjuvants Antigen discovery and immunogen design Clinical trials Field trials Marketing Vaccine delivery