Brucellosis as an emerging threat in developing economies: lessons from Nigeria.

ABSTRACT: Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, has a large proportion of the world's poor livestock keepers, and is a hotspot for neglected zoonoses. A review of the 127 accessible publications on brucellosis in Nigeria reveals only scant and fragmented evidence on its spatial and temporal distribution in different epidemiological contexts. The few bacteriological studies conducted demonstrate the existence of Brucella abortus in cattle and sheep, but evidence for B. melitensis in small ruminants is dated and unclear. The bulk of the evidence consists of seroprevalence studies, but test standardization and validation are not always adequately described, and misinterpretations exist with regard to sensitivity and/or specificity and ability to identify the infecting Brucella species. Despit

SUBMITTER: Ducrotoy MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4109902 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature