Brucellosis in camel, small ruminants, and Somali pastoralists in Eastern Ethiopia: a One Health approach.

ABSTRACT: Brucellosis is a neglected bacterial zoonotic disease with economic and public health importance in pastoral communities of sub-Saharan Africa. A cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2021 to April 2022, to estimate the prevalence and identify the associated risk factors causing brucellosis in animals and associated with occupational diseases in humans from three selected districts of "the Somali Pastoral region," Eastern Ethiopia. In this study, 1,000 serum samples were screened for anti-Brucella spp. antibodies using Rose Bengal Plate Test (RBPT) and further confirmed using a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (cELISA). A structured questionnaire was used to collect the biodata of tested animals and animal attendants to test the association between explanato

SUBMITTER: Ahad AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11002772 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature