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Prevalence and speciation of brucellosis in febrile patients from a pastoralist community of Tanzania.
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- High brucellosis prevalence and risk among children aged 5-14 years in Kenyan pastoral health facilities: A facility-based surveillance study.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Occurrence and Public Health Implications of Brucella Abortus and Antimicrobial Residues in Raw Cow Milk in Bukombe District, Tanzania.Veterinary medicine and science · 2026Article
- Triple infection with pulmonary tuberculosis, chronic hepatitis C and systemic brucellosis in an HIV/AIDS patient: a case report from northwestern China.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Prevalence of Brucellosis in cattle, sheep, and goats in rural pastoral settings in Northern Tanzania.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Article
- Molecular evidence of Brucella abortus circulating in cattle, goats, and humans in Central Equatoria State, South Sudan.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Detection of pathogens associated with acute febrile illness in children under five years of age in rural Tanzania.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Unraveling brucellosis: advances in pathogenesis, diagnostic strategies, therapeutic innovations, and public health perspectives.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- Infectious disease burden and surveillance challenges in Jordan and Palestine: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Review
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- Whole Genome Sequence Analysis of Brucella spp. from Human, Livestock, and Wildlife in South Africa.Journal of microbiology (Seoul, Korea) · 2024Article
- Prevalence and risk factors for Q fever, spotted fever group rickettsioses, and typhus group rickettsioses in a pastoralist community of northern Tanzania, 2016-2017.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2024Article
- Complete genome sequence ofMicrobiology resource announcements · 2024Article
- Seroprevalence and risk factors for brucellosis amongst livestock and humans in a multi-herd ranch system in Kagera, Tanzania.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Brucellosis in camel, small ruminants, and Somali pastoralists in Eastern Ethiopia: a One Health approach.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Prevalence and risk factors for human leptospirosis at a hospital serving a pastoralist community, Endulen, Tanzania.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- Pillars for successful operationalization of one health as an ecosystem approach: experience from a human-animal interface in the Maasai steppe in Tanzania.One health outlook · 2023Article
- Human brucellosis in Baringo County, Kenya: Evaluating the diagnostic kits used and identifying infecting Brucella species.PloS one · 2023Article
- The role of cultural safety and ethical space within postcolonial healthcare for Maasai in Tanzania.BMJ global health · 2022Article
- Evidence of co-exposure with Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, and Rift Valley fever virus among various species of wildlife in Kenya.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
- Prospective cohort study reveals unexpected aetiologies of livestock abortion in northern Tanzania.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
Brucellosis is an endemic zoonosis in sub-Saharan Africa. Pastoralists are at high risk of infection but data on brucellosis from these communities are scarce. The study objectives were to: estimate the prevalence of human brucellosis, identify the Brucella spp. causing illness, describe non-Brucella bloodstream infections, and identify risk factors for brucellosis in febrile patients from a pastoralist community of Tanzania. Fourteen (6.1%) of 230 participants enrolled between August 2016 and October 2017 met study criteria for confirmed (febrile illness and culture positivity or ≥four-fold rise in SAT titre) or probable (febrile illness and single SAT titre ≥160) brucellosis. Brucella spp. was the most common bloodstream infection, with B. melitensis isolated from seven participants and B. abortus from one. Enterococcus spp., Escherichia coli, Salmonella enterica, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae were also isolated. Risk factors identified for brucellosis included age and herding, with a greater probability of brucellosis in individuals with lower age and who herded cattle, sheep or goats in the previous 12 months. Disease prevention activities targeting young herders have potential to reduce the impacts of human brucellosis in Tanzania. Livestock vaccination strategies for the region should include both B. melitensis and B. abortus.
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