Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to antimicrobial use and resistance among fish farmers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Zainabu Hamisi Kilusungu; Zuhura Idd Kimera; Wilson Nandolo; Peter Kunambi; Fauster Mgaya; Mecky Isaac Matee; Daud Kassam

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0335862

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Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to antimicrobial use and resistance among fish farmers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Zainabu Hamisi Kilusungu ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: h.zainabu@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Science, Africa Centre of Excellence in Aquaculture and Fisheries (AquaFish), Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Lilongwe, Malawi

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1835-2166

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Zuhura Idd Kimera,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Wilson Nandolo,

Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Lilongwe, Malawi
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Peter Kunambi,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Fauster Mgaya,

Roles Data curation, Validation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Mecky Isaac Matee,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, SACIDS Foundation for One Health (SACIDS), Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Morogoro, Tanzania
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Daud Kassam

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Science, Africa Centre of Excellence in Aquaculture and Fisheries (AquaFish), Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Lilongwe, Malawi
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to antimicrobial use and resistance among fish farmers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Zainabu Hamisi Kilusungu,
Zuhura Idd Kimera,
Wilson Nandolo,
Peter Kunambi,
Fauster Mgaya,
Mecky Isaac Matee,
Daud Kassam

Published: November 11, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0335862

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