Brucellosis is not a sustainable disease in humans. The source of human infection always resides in domestic or wild animal reservoirs. The routes of infection are multiple: food-borne, occupational or recreational, linked to travel and even to bioterrorism. New Brucella strains or species may emerge and existing Brucella species adapt to changing social, cultural, travel and agricultural envir...

BACKGROUND Brucellosis has been known from the time of Hippocrates. In 1885 Sir David Bruce isolated the causative organism from the spleens of soldiers who had died from "Malta disease" (now brucellosis). There are 4 species of brucella pathogenic to humans and each of them has a specific types of animal reservoir: B.arbotus (cattle, buffalo), B.melitensis (goats, sheep, camels), B.suis (pigs)...

AIM To gain deeper insight into the seroprevalence of brucellosis, which remains a zoonotic disease of worldwide public health concern, by reviewing studies from countries including North Africa, the Middle East, and India. METHODS Studies on brucellosis performed in countries that are neighbors or important trading partners of the European Union and on trade animals and their products were a...

BACKGROUND The objectives of this study were to assess the heterogeneities of estimates and to estimate the seroprevalence of brucellosis in animals and humans in Ethiopia. METHODS/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Data from 70 studies covering 75879 animals and 2223 humans were extracted. Rose Bengal Plate Test (RBPT) and Complement Fixation Test (CFT) in series were the most frequently used serological te...

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, has a large proportion of the world's poor livestock keepers, and is a hotspot for neglected zoonoses. A review of the 127 accessible publications on brucellosis in Nigeria reveals only scant and fragmented evidence on its spatial and temporal distribution in different epidemiological contexts. The few bacteriological studies conducted demonstrate...

Background Brucellosis is widespread in Ethiopia with variable reported prevalence depending on the geographical area, husbandry practices and animal species. However, there limited information disease amongst pastoral communities, whose life intricately linked their livestock. Methodology We conducted an integrated human-animal brucellosis sero-surveillance study two adjacent regions, Afar Som...

The main object of the study is to demonstrate that Bruce-ladder multiplex PCR, which capable identify all Brucella species including vaccinal strains, a safe and practical method alternative bacteriological culture methods. Brucellosis zoonosis great socio-economic importance endemic in Turkey. In three-year period from 2009 2011, total 281 spp. isolates cattle, sheep goats were identified cha...

ABSTRACT. Brucellosis is a significant zoonotic disease and endemic in several regions of the world. This study aimed to determine nationwide spatial distribution, seroprevalence, risk factors for Brucella infections Jordan. Serum samples 938 individuals from 11 governorates were tested spp. antibodies using Rose Bengal Brucellacapt ® tests. A validated questionnaire was used collect demographi...