[HTML][HTML] Brucellosis in Sub-Saharan Africa: Current challenges for management, diagnosis and control

M Ducrotoy, WJ Bertu, G Matope, S Cadmus… - Acta tropica, 2017 - Elsevier
Brucellosis is a highly contagious zoonosis caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella and
affecting domestic and wild mammals. In this paper, the bacteriological and serological …

Diagnosis of human brucellosis: Systematic review and meta-analysis

ML Freire, TS Machado de Assis… - PLOS Neglected …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Brucellosis, a widely spread zoonotic disease, poses significant diagnostic
challenges due to its non-specific symptoms and underreporting. Timely and accurate …

The Rose Bengal Test in human brucellosis: a neglected test for the diagnosis of a neglected disease

R Díaz, A Casanova, J Ariza… - PLOS Neglected tropical …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Brucellosis is a highly contagious zoonosis affecting livestock and human beings. The
human disease lacks pathognomonic symptoms and laboratory tests are essential for its …

[HTML][HTML] Acute brucellosis: presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of 144 cases

P Andriopoulos, M Tsironi, S Deftereos… - International journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: Brucellosis, whether in an endemic region or not, remains a diagnostic puzzle
due to occasional misleading unusual presentations and non-specific symptoms. Presented …

Clinical manifestations, complications, and treatment of brucellosis: evaluation of 72 cases

Ş Köse, SS SENGER, G Akkoçlu… - Turkish journal of …, 2014 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
Brucellosis is an important disease in developing countries. We aimed to determine the
epidemiologic, clinical, and laboratory characteristics of brucellosis, which still has a high …

Seroprevalence and risk factors associated with bovine brucellosis in the Potohar Plateau, Pakistan

S Ali, S Akhter, H Neubauer, F Melzer, I Khan… - BMC Research …, 2017 - Springer
Background The seroprevalence and risk factors of bovine brucellosis were studied at
animal and herd level using a combination of culture, serological and molecular methods …

Prevention of laboratory-acquired brucellosis

R Sophie, L Michael, B Marcel… - Clinical Infectious …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Brucellosis is one of the most common laboratory-acquired infections, mostly because
aerosolization is a mechanism of transmission in this setting. We report an exposure to …

Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of brucellosis among indigenous cattle in the Adamawa and north regions of Cameroon

J Awah-Ndukum, MMM Mouiche… - Veterinary medicine …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A cross‐sectional seroprevalence study was conducted on cattle in the North and Adamawa
Regions of Cameroon to investigate the status of bovine brucellosis and identify potential …

[HTML][HTML] A complication of brucellosis: epididymoorchitis

E Akıncı, H Bodur, MA Çevik, A Erbay, SS Eren… - International journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Epididymoorchitis is the most frequent genitourinary complication of
brucellosis. METHODS: This prospective study was conducted between February 2001 and …

Seropositivity of Brucella spp. and Leptospira spp. antibodies among abattoir workers and meat vendors in the city of Mwanza, Tanzania: A call for one health …

MM Mirambo, GF Mgode, ZO Malima… - PLoS neglected …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Brucellosis and leptospirosis are among neglected tropical zoonotic diseases
particularly in the resource limited countries. Despite being endemic in these countries …