Brucellosis risk in urban and agro-pastoral areas in Tanzania
Epidemiology of human and animal brucellosis may depend on ecological conditions. A cross-sectional study was conducted to compare prevalence and risk factors of bovine brucellosis, and risky behaviours for the human infection between urban and agro-pastoral areas in Morogoro region, Tanzania. Cattl...
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| author | Asakura, S. Makingi, G. Kazwala, R. Makita, K. |
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| description | Epidemiology of human and animal brucellosis may depend on ecological conditions. A cross-sectional study was conducted to compare prevalence and risk factors of bovine brucellosis, and risky behaviours for the human infection between urban and agro-pastoral areas in Morogoro region, Tanzania. Cattle blood sampling and interviews using a structured questionnaire were conducted with farmers. Rose-Bengal test was conducted for the cattle sera, and positive samples were confirmed with competitive ELISA. Farm-level sero-prevalences were 0.9% (1/106, 95% CI 0.0–5.9%) and 52.9% (9/17, 95% CI 28.5–76.1%) in urban and agro-pastoral areas, respectively. The animal-level-adjusted prevalences were 0.2% (1/667, 95% CI 0.0–1.1%) and 7.0% (28/673, 95% CI 5.7–8.4%) in those areas. The final farm-level model including both areas found two risk factors: history of abortion in the herd (P < 0.01) and cattle grazing (P = 0.07). The animal-level risk factors in agro-pastoral areas were age (P = 0.04) and history of abortion (P = 0.03). No agro-pastoral farmer knew about Brucella vaccine. Agro-pastoralists generally had poorer knowledge on brucellosis and practiced significantly more risky behaviours for human brucellosis such as drinking raw milk (17.6%, P < 0.01) and blood (35.3%, P < 0.01), and helping cattle birth (100%, P = 0.04) than urban farmers (0, 0 and 79.2%, respectively). Intervention programs through education including both human and animal health particularly targeting agro-pastoralists would be needed. |
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| spelling | CGSpace906382023-12-21T08:57:55Z Brucellosis risk in urban and agro-pastoral areas in Tanzania Asakura, S. Makingi, G. Kazwala, R. Makita, K. brucellosis health animal diseases zoonoses ecology Epidemiology of human and animal brucellosis may depend on ecological conditions. A cross-sectional study was conducted to compare prevalence and risk factors of bovine brucellosis, and risky behaviours for the human infection between urban and agro-pastoral areas in Morogoro region, Tanzania. Cattle blood sampling and interviews using a structured questionnaire were conducted with farmers. Rose-Bengal test was conducted for the cattle sera, and positive samples were confirmed with competitive ELISA. Farm-level sero-prevalences were 0.9% (1/106, 95% CI 0.0–5.9%) and 52.9% (9/17, 95% CI 28.5–76.1%) in urban and agro-pastoral areas, respectively. The animal-level-adjusted prevalences were 0.2% (1/667, 95% CI 0.0–1.1%) and 7.0% (28/673, 95% CI 5.7–8.4%) in those areas. The final farm-level model including both areas found two risk factors: history of abortion in the herd (P < 0.01) and cattle grazing (P = 0.07). The animal-level risk factors in agro-pastoral areas were age (P = 0.04) and history of abortion (P = 0.03). No agro-pastoral farmer knew about Brucella vaccine. Agro-pastoralists generally had poorer knowledge on brucellosis and practiced significantly more risky behaviours for human brucellosis such as drinking raw milk (17.6%, P < 0.01) and blood (35.3%, P < 0.01), and helping cattle birth (100%, P = 0.04) than urban farmers (0, 0 and 79.2%, respectively). Intervention programs through education including both human and animal health particularly targeting agro-pastoralists would be needed. 2018-03 2018-01-30T09:16:18Z 2018-01-30T09:16:18Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/90638 en Limited Access Springer Asakura, S., Makingi, G., Kazwala, R. and Makita, K. 2018. Brucellosis risk in urban and agro-pastoral areas in Tanzania. Ecohealth 15(1): 41–51. |
| spellingShingle | brucellosis health animal diseases zoonoses ecology Asakura, S. Makingi, G. Kazwala, R. Makita, K. Brucellosis risk in urban and agro-pastoral areas in Tanzania |
| title | Brucellosis risk in urban and agro-pastoral areas in Tanzania |
| title_full | Brucellosis risk in urban and agro-pastoral areas in Tanzania |
| title_fullStr | Brucellosis risk in urban and agro-pastoral areas in Tanzania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Brucellosis risk in urban and agro-pastoral areas in Tanzania |
| title_short | Brucellosis risk in urban and agro-pastoral areas in Tanzania |
| title_sort | brucellosis risk in urban and agro pastoral areas in tanzania |
| topic | brucellosis health animal diseases zoonoses ecology |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/90638 |
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