ArticleBMC research notes2018
Risk factors for human brucellosis among a pastoralist community in South-West Kenya, 2015.
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- Meta-analysis of brucellosis and relative risks.Medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Seroprevalence and risk factors for Brucella species and Coxiella burnetii exposure in a cross-sectional serosurvey of occupationally exposed groups in peri-urban Lomé, Togo.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Rift Valley Fever Virus Infectivity in Milk Stored at a Wide Range of Temperatures.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Brucellosis in camel, small ruminants, and Somali pastoralists in Eastern Ethiopia: a One Health approach.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Gendered asymmetry of access to knowledge for brucellosis control among pastoral communities in north-west Côte d'Ivoire.Pastoralism : research, policy and practice · 2022Article
- Lay attitudes and misconceptions and their implications for the control of brucellosis in an agro-pastoral community in Kilombero district, Tanzania.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- Performance characteristics and costs of serological tests for brucellosis in a pastoralist community of northern Tanzania.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Brucellosis in ruminants and pastoralists in Borena, Southern Ethiopia.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- Short report on implications of Covid-19 and emerging zoonotic infectious diseases for pastoralists and Africa.Pastoralism : research, policy and practice · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveBrucellosis is one of the top five priority zoonosis in Kenya because of the socio-economic burden of the disease, especially among traditional, livestock keeping communities. We conducted a 1 year, hospital based, unmatched case-control study to determine risk factors for brucellosis among Maasai pastoralists of Kajiado County in 2016. A case was defined by a clinical criteria; fever or history of fever and two clinical signs suggestive of brucellosis and a positive competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test (c-ELISA). A control was defined as patients visiting the study facility with negative c-ELISA. Unconditional logistic regression was used to study association between exposure variables and brucellosis using odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI).
resultsForty-three cases and 86 controls were recruited from a population of 4792 individuals in 801 households. The mean age for the cases was 48.7 years while that of the controls was 37.6 years. The dominant gender for both cases (62.7%) and controls (58.1%) groups was female. Regular consumption of un-boiled raw milk and assisting animals in delivery were significantly associated with brucellosis by OR 7.7 (95% CI 1.5-40.1) and OR 3.7 (95% CI 1.1-13.5), respectively.
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