High incidence of human brucellosis in a rural Pastoralist community in Kenya, 2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Brucellosis occurs globally with highly variable incidence in humans from very low in North America and Western Europe to high in the Middle East and Asia. There are few data in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study estimated the incidence of human brucellosis in a pastoralist community in Kenya.

Methods

Between February 2015 and January 2016, we enrolled persons living in randomly selected households in Kajiado County. Free health care was offered at three facilities in the study area. Those who met the study clinical case definition completed a standardized questionnaire on demographics, clinical history and presentation. A blood sample was collected and tested by Rose Bengal test (RBT), then later tested at the Kenya Medical Research Institute laboratory for Brucella

SUBMITTER: Munyua P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7877737 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature