[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 …

[HTML][HTML] The epidemiology of febrile illness in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for diagnosis and management

MJ Maze, Q Bassat, NA Feasey, I Mandomando… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Fever is among the most common symptoms of people living in Africa, and
clinicians are challenged by the similar clinical features of a wide spectrum of potential …

Occupational exposure to Brucella spp.: A systematic review and meta-analysis

CR Pereira, JVF Cotrim de Almeida… - PLoS neglected …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Brucellosis is a neglected zoonotic disease of remarkable importance worldwide. The focus
of this systematic review was to investigate occupational brucellosis and to identify the main …

[HTML][HTML] Strong association between human and animal Brucella seropositivity in a linked study in Kenya, 2012–2013

EM Osoro, P Munyua, S Omulo, E Ogola… - The American journal …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Brucellosis is a common bacterial zoonotic infection but data on the prevalence among
humans and animals is limited in Kenya. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in three …

Systematic review of important bacterial zoonoses in Africa in the last decade in light of the 'One Health'concept

J Asante, A Noreddin, ME El Zowalaty - Pathogens, 2019 - mdpi.com
Zoonoses present a major public health threat and are estimated to account for a substantial
part of the infectious disease burden in low-income countries. The severity of zoonotic …

Sero-prevalence of brucellosis, Q-fever and Rift Valley fever in humans and livestock in Somali Region, Ethiopia

M Ibrahim, E Schelling, J Zinsstag… - PLoS Neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Information on zoonotic diseases in humans and livestock are limited in pastoral/agro-
pastoral communities in Ethiopia. A multi-stage cross sectional cluster design study was …

First isolation, identification, phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Brucella abortus biovar 3 from dairy cattle in Tanzania

C Mathew, M Stokstad, TB Johansen, S Klevar… - BMC veterinary …, 2015 - Springer
Background Brucellosis is a disease of worldwide public health and economic importance.
Successful control is based on knowledge of epidemiology and strains present in an area. In …

Survey of infectious etiologies of bovine abortion during mid-to late gestation in dairy herds

M Barkallah, Y Gharbi, AB Hassena, AB Slima… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Bovine abortion of unknown infectious etiology still remains a major economic problem.
Thus, we investigated whether Brucella spp., Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella spp …

Epidemiology of brucellosis, Q fever and Rift Valley fever at the human and livestock interface in northern Côte d'Ivoire

YB Kanouté, BG Gragnon, C Schindler, B Bonfoh… - Acta tropica, 2017 - Elsevier
Northern Côte d'Ivoire is the main livestock breeding zone and has the highest livestock
cross-border movements in Côte d'Ivoire. The aim of this study was to provide updated …

Seroprevalence and risk factors of brucellosis among slaughtered indigenous cattle, abattoir personnel and pregnant women in Ngaoundéré, Cameroon

J Awah-Ndukum, MMM Mouiche… - BMC infectious …, 2018 - Springer
Background Brucellosis is a neglected debilitating zoonosis with a high prevalence in many
developing countries. Bovine brucellosis is widespread in Cameroon but the …