Nuol Aywel Madut|Adrian Muwonge|George William Nasinyama|John Bwalya Muma|Jacques Godfroid|Ambrose Samuel Jubara|James Muleme|Clovice Kankya
The sero-prevalence of brucellosis in cattle and their herders in Bahr el Ghazal region, South Sudan
Makerere University|University of Bahr El-Ghazal|Roslin Institute|University of Edinburgh|Genomics (United Kingdom)|Makerere University|University of Zambia|UiT The Arctic University of Norway|University of Bahr El-Ghazal|Makerere University|Makerere University
brucellosis worldwide recognized bacterial zoonotic disease currently information bovine brucellosis seroprevalence south sudan regardless economic social public health impact populations therefore first time 33 years report seroprevalence brucellosis cattle herders furthermore characterize drivers associated disease humananimal interface bahr el ghazal region south sudana total 893 87 animal human sera respectively examined december 2015 may 2016 rose bengal plate test rbpt competitive enzyme linked immuno sorbent assay celisa used parallel detect antibrucella antibodies questionnaires administered collect relevant metadata used association analysis r version 323 odds ratio confidence intervals ci determinedoverall bovine brucellosis prevalence 31 95ci 280342 highest 63 95ci 5370 lowest 10 95ci 45201 prevalence estimates wau gogrial states respectively bovine seroprevalence approximately equally distributed among male 304 269342 females 325 268387 poor body condition 022 95ci 007054 larger herd sizes 005 95ci 00080173 protective factors brucellosis opposite true second 170 95ci 108267 third 25 95ci 146447 lactation stage overall brucellosis seroprevalence herders estimated 333 239443we report high prevalence antibrucella antibodies cattle herders bahr el ghazal indicating enzootic status cattle population important source infection humans represents genuine public health challenge therefore need raise awareness build capacity infrastructure fragile state underwrite future public health strategies brucellosis