Prevalence and risk factors of brucellosis in man and domestic animals: A review

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dc.contributor.authorBamaiyi, Pwaveno H.
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-31T10:33:01Z
dc.date.available2019-01-31T10:33:01Z
dc.date.issued2016-09
dc.descriptionAvailable at www.onehealthjournal.org/Vol.2/6.pdf P. H. Bamaiyi, e-mail: [email protected]en_US
dc.description.abstractBrucellosis is the most common worldwide zoonosis with 500,000 new cases every year in humans and infections in millions of animals. This infection is mainly acquired by humans through consumption of unpasteurized milk and milk products from infected animals. Exposure can also occur occupationally in those who work closely with animals through contact with aborted fetuses and reproductive secretions. Animals acquire the infection from other infected animals through direct contact and vertical transmission. This infection is prevalent in all continents of the world except Antarctica, but its impact is more felt in developing countries where it is endemic in animals and humans. In certain developed countries where the disease was eradicated, there seem to be a re-emergence of the disease as the disease appears to claim more territory. The risk factors of the disease may vary from country to country and region to region, but most risk factors are similar. Consumption of unpasteurized milk and milk products plays a very important role in the transmission of this infection from animals to humans, in addition to direct contact with infected animals and their secretions. The best way to control this ubiquitous infection is through the One Health approach which involves human health, animal health, and environmental health. This paper reviews the prevalence of brucellosis in some countries in various continents of the world and highlights the risk factors responsible for the persistence of this infection in animals and humans with a view to proffering solution to this age-old zoonosis that has defied eradication for many generations in many parts of the world.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBamaiyi PH. Prevalence and risk factors of brucellosis in man and domestic animals: A review. Int J One Health 2016;2:29-34.en_US
dc.identifier.otherdoi: 10.14202/IJOH.2016.29-34
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/1533
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of One Health. Department of Public Health, School of Allied Health Sciences Ishaka, Kampala International University, P.O. Box 20000 Kampala, Ugandaen_US
dc.subjectAnimalsen_US
dc.subjectBrucellosisen_US
dc.subjectHumanen_US
dc.subjectPrevalenceen_US
dc.subjectRisk factorsen_US
dc.titlePrevalence and risk factors of brucellosis in man and domestic animals: A reviewen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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