ReviewNew microbes and new infections2023
A systematic review and meta-analysis of bovine brucellosis seroprevalence in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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- Practical Steps to Design Brucellosis Preventive Interventions: An Intervention Mapping Approach.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Effect of co-vaccination of cattle with RB51 and BCG on vaccine-specific CD4Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
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- A first insight into seropositivity and risk factors forOne health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2024Article
- Bovine brucellosis in dual-purpose cattle herds and its potential economic impact in the Colombian Caribbean region.Veterinary research communications · 2024Article
- The impacts of animal agriculture on One Health-Bacterial zoonosis, antimicrobial resistance, and beyond.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2024Review
- Mapping Bovine Tuberculosis in Colombia, 2001-2019.Veterinary sciences · 2024Article
- Mapping bovine Brucellosis in Colombia with geographical information systems, 2009-2019 - Implications for OneHealth.New microbes and new infections · 2024Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Bovine brucellosis is a significant public health problem in countries with economic and zoonotic implications. Although relevant, there are no previous systematic reviews about bovine brucellosis in Latin America. Methods: We performed a systematic literature review in five data-bases to assess the seroprevalence of Brucella in cattle. A meta-analysis with a random-effects model was performed to calculate the pooled prevalence and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI). In addition, measures of heterogeneity (Cochran's Q statistic and I Results: The literature search yielded 3,403 articles, of which 65 studies were fully valid for analysis. The pooled seroprevalence for Brucella in bovine (n = 46,883,177) was 4.0% (95%CI: 3.0%-5.0%; p < 0.001), and Venezuela was the country with the highest prevalence (16.0%). By regions, the highest seroprevalence is in Central America and the Caribbean islands (8.0%,95%CI: 3.0%-15.0%; p < 0.001, I Conclusions: Some countries reported still relevant seroprevalences of bovine brucellosis, especially at the Central America and Caribbean islands. Multiple factors may influence the survival and spread of pathogens in the environment; farms located in regions bordering forest areas, in areas of difficult access to the veterinary service; extensive beef herds raised at pastures with different age and productive groups inter-mingled, and minimal concerns regarding hygiene practices and disease prevention measures. Bovine brucellosis has not been eliminated and needs to be considered with new tools for prevention and control, especially being a zoonosis.
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