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Seroprevalence of Brucellosis in Cattle, Sheep, and Goats in the Southeastern Region of Bangladesh.
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Brucellosis is one of the major bacterial zoonoses worldwide. Bangladesh is an endemically affected country with this neglected disease. This cross-sectional study aimed to estimate the seroprevalence of brucellosis among cattle, goats, and sheep in the southeastern part of Bangladesh, covering Chattogram and Khagrachhari districts. A total of 1000 animals (cattle = 420, goat = 300, sheep = 280) were studied from July 2019 to June 2020 from a selected combination of 105 herds and households. First, all the samples were tested with the Rose Bengal plate test (RBPT). Later, RBPT-positive samples and an equal number of randomly selected RBPT-negative animals were tested using indirect enzyme-linked immune sorbent assay (I-ELISA). Overall true prevalence (TP) of brucellosis was 5.29% [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.80-9.77)], 12.86% (95%CI: 6.7021.29), and 13.40% (95%CI: 6.26-20.53), respectively, for the cattle, goat, and sheep of Chattogram, whereas the TP were 16.49% (95%CI: 8.57-24.40), 24.61% (95%CI: 14.92-34.29), and 16.30% (95%CI: 8.42-24.17), respectively, for the cattle, goat, and sheep of Khagrachhari. Notably, this study found that 67.24% (95%CI: 54.42-77.92) and 86.60% (95%CI: 68.56-104.63) of herds and households, respectively, in the Chattogram and Khagrachhari districts were positive for brucellosis for at least a single positive case. Agreement between the diagnostic tests RBPT and I-ELISA was 86.90% (kappa agreement = 0.737) in this study. A multilevel multivariable logistic regression model depicts that prevalence was significantly higher in the Khagrachhari region for both cattle [odds ratio (OR) = 2.63 (95%CI: 1.28-5.42)] and goats (OR = 2.08; 95%CI: 1.15-3.75), whereas prevalence was significantly lower in aged individuals (OR = 0.54; 95%CI: 0.27-1.08). This study summarizes that this zoonotic disease in the study areas persisted at a considerably high level that might pose a substantial threat to public health. The findings will be a great help for the corresponding authority to take necessary intervention steps in controlling this zoonotic disease effectively.
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