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FRED DEMETRIUS CHIBWANA

Senior Lecturer , College Of Natural And Applied Sciences
Education:

i. PhD in Zoology, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, (2010-2014). ii. Master’s Degree in Applied Zoology, University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania (2005-2009). iii. Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology and Wildlife Sciences, University o

Teaching:

  • Parasitology
  • Molecular Biology of Parasites
  • Macroevolution
  • Microevolution
  • Advanced Genetics
  • Vector Biology and Control

Research:

Neglected Tropical Diseases, Parasites of vertebrates, Freshwater molluscs, Systematics of invertebrates and vertebrates, Population genetics and Molecular Evolution.

Projects:

 

  • Investigating zoonotic bacteria in selected areas of north-western Tanzania (Grant from University of Dar es Salaam 2018/2019).
  • Development of Integrated Telemedicine Infrastructure for Access to Specialist Doctors for Rural Communities in Tanzania (Grant from University of Dar es Salaam 2019/2020)
  • A Parasitological Survey of Helminths in Freshwater Fishes of Selected Man-made Ponds and Dams in Tanzania (Grant from University of Dar es Salaam 2020/2021)

Publications:

1. Tumwebaze I, Clewing C, Chibwana FD, Kipyegon JK, & Albrecht C (2022) Evolution and biogeography of freshwater snails of the genus Bulinus (Gastropoda) in Afromontane extreme environments. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 572.

2. FD Chibwana & J.V. Katandukila (2021) Occurrence of echinostomatoids (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) in Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) and Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea): first insights into the DNA barcodes from Lake Victoria, Tanzania. African Zoology In press. https://doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2021.1958056.

3. Locke SA, Drago FB, López-Hernández D, Chibwana FD, Núñez V, Van Dam A, Achinelly MF, Johnson PT, de Assis JC, de Melo AL & Pinto HA (2021) Intercontinental distributions, phylogenetic position and life cycles of species of Apharyngostrigea (Digenea, Diplostomoidea) illuminated with morphological, experimental, molecular and genomic data. International Journal for Parasitology 51:667-83.

4. JV Katandukila, Y.J. Chuhila & F.D. Chibwana (2021) Serological analyses of human brucellosis in Ngara and Kibondo Districts, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Science 47(3):1223-1233. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/tjs.v47i3.30.

5. FD Chibwana, J.G. Mshana & J.V. Katandukila (2020) A Survey of Fish Parasites from Pangani Catchment and Lake Kitangiri in Singida, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Science, 46(1):42-52.

6. Chibwana FD, Mahulu A., Tumwebaze I, Sands AF & Albrecht C. (2020) Diversity and distribution of Bulinus spp. (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in Lake Victoria: implications for the potential occurrence of urogenital schistosomiasis. Parasites & Vectors, 13(1), 1-18.

7. A. Mahulu, C. Clewing, B. Stelbrink, F.D. Chibwana, I. Tumwebaze, J.R. Stothard & C. Albrecht (2019) Cryptic intermediate snail host of the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica in Africa. Parasites & Vectors 12:573 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3825-9.

8. O.W. Ndeo, V. Kangela & F. Chibwana (2019) Macrobenthic biodiversity of Afrotropical wetlands: the swamps of Kisangani (Tshopo, DRC). International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies 7:99-104

9. Chibwana FD (2018) Molecular identification of larval Schistosoma species (Scistosomatidae: Digenea) in intermediate hosts (Biomphalaria) from Mwanza Gulf of Lake Victoria in Tanzania. East African Medical Journal, 95(11), 2102-2112.

10. Hugo, A., Makinde, O.D., Kumar, S. & Chibwana, F.D. (2017). Optimal control and cost-effectiveness analysis for Newcastle disease eco-epidemiological model in Tanzania. Journal of Biological Dynamics, 11(1),190-209.

11. Chibwana, F.D. & G. Nkwengulila (2017) A faunistic survey of digenean larvae infecting freshwater snails Biomphalaria, Radix and Bulinus species in the Lake Victoria and Mindu Dam, Morogoro in Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Science 43 (1),1-13.

12. Chibwana, F.D., Nkwengulila, G. (2016) Spread of Tylodelphys mashonense (Digenea: Diplostomidae) by grey heron Ardea cinerea and great white egret A. alba in Lake Victoria, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Science 42 (1),150-159.

13. Chibwana, F.D. & Nkwengulila, G. (2016) The nervous systems of Tylodelphys metacercariae (Digenea: Diplostomidae) from the catfish Clarias gariepinus (Clariidae) in freshwater habitats of Tanzania. Journal of Helminthology, 90, 712–718.

14. Chibwana, F.D., G. Nkwengulila, S.A. Locke, J.D. McLaughlin.& D.J. Marcogliese (2015) Completion of the life cycle of Tylodelphys mashonense (Sudarikov, 1971) (Digenea: Diplostomidae) with DNA barcodes and rDNA sequences. Parasitology Research 114, 3675-3682.

15. Chibwana FD, Blasco-Costa, I., Georgieva, S., Hosea, K.M., Nkwengulila, G., Scholz T. & Kostadinova, A. (2013) A first insight into the barcodes for African diplostomids (Digenea: Diplostomidae): brain parasites in Clarias gariepinus (Siluriformes: Clariidae). Infection, Genetics and Evolution 17: 62-70.

16. Chibwana F.D. & Nkwengulila G. (2010) Variation in morphometrics of diplostomid metacercariae (Digenea: Trematoda) infecting the cranial cavity of the catfish, Clarias gariepinus in Tanzania. Journal of Helminthology 84: 61–70.