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Public Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Brucellosis in Taif City, Saudi Arabia.
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- Age-Stratified Heterogeneity of Brucellosis Awareness and Knowledge Among Hospital-Attending Adults in an Endemic Turkish Province: A Single-Center Cross-Sectional KAP Study.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2026Article
- Assessing Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Regarding Brucellosis Among High-Risk Occupational Groups.Veterinary medicine and science · 2026Article
- Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, and Information Pathways Related to Brucellosis Among Adults in Najran City, Saudi Arabia: A Stratified Time-Location Cross-Sectional Study.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2026Article
- Seroprevalence and Associated Factors of Camel and Human Brucellosis in Dire District, Southern Ethiopia: A One-Health Perspective.Veterinary medicine and science · 2026Article
- Seroprevalence of camel brucellosis and its relationship to camel owners' knowledge, attitudes, and practices in Dire District, Borana Zone, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Article
- Knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding brucellosis among confirmed cases.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- "I'm Not Who I Used to Be!" The Compelled Metamorphosing Process of Coping with Brucellosis Among Chinese Patients: A Qualitative Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Exploring bovine brucellosis in Bangladesh: Current scenario and future outlook.Journal of advanced veterinary and animal research · 2024Review
- Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice related to brucellosis among livestock farmers and meat handlers in Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundBrucellosis is a serious zoonotic infectious disease. Humans contract the disease by coming into contact with infected animals or their products. In Saudi Arabia, brucellosis is considered to be an endemic disease, with an annual incidence of 15.34 per 100,000 population from 2003 to 2018. Because of the devastating consequences for human health, raising awareness is an essential component in preventing brucellosis. Our study aims to assess the knowledge, awareness, and attitudes regarding brucellosis among the residents of Taif City, Saudi Arabia.
methodsA descriptive, cross-sectional survey conducted in June-October 2022 targeted the population of Taif City, Saudi Arabia. The data were collected by an online questionnaire, which included questions on sociodemographic characteristics, awareness regarding brucellosis, behavior and attitude toward animals, and consuming animal-based products.
resultsA total of 743 participants were included. The participants were 18-70 years old, 63.4% were females, and 79.4% had a university education. Only 450 participants answered yes to the first question: "Do you know about brucellosis or have you heard about it?" Therefore, they were asked to answer knowledge questions. It was found that out of 450 participants, 46.9% demonstrated a "poor" knowledge level. Participants aged 26-55 years old demonstrated significantly more "good" knowledge than the other age groups (p = 0.001). Males demonstrated significantly more "good" knowledge (30.6%) than females (14.9%) (p < 0.001). The practices and attitudes of animal breeder participants (16.2%) were satisfactory because more than half of them did not participate in the birth of animals (53.4%), 50.7% did not participate in the birth with abortion, and approximately 61% used gloves when taking care of animals. The practices were unsatisfactory because 53.4% of the participants reported that they "always" eat the meat of animals they keep, and 64.4% reported that they personally slaughter sheep or cows from the herd.
conclusionOur study showed that most of the participants were aware of brucellosis; however, at the same time, the knowledge level regarding brucellosis was not satisfactory.
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