作者
M Kariuki Njenga, Eric Ogolla, Samuel Mwangi Thumbi, Isaac Ngere, Sylvia Omulo, Mathew Muturi, Doris Marwanga, Austine Bitek, Bernard Bett, Marc-Alain Widdowson, Peninah Munyua, Eric Mogaka Osoro
发表日期
2020/12
期刊
BMC public health
卷号
20
页码范围
1-10
出版商
BioMed Central
简介
Background
The seroprevalence of brucellosis among nomadic pastoralists and their livestock in arid lands is reported to be over10-fold higher than non-pastoralists farmers and their livestock in Kenya. Here, we compared the seroprevalence of nomadic pastoralists and mixed farming with their knowledge of the disease and high-risk practices associated with brucellosis infection.
Methods
Across-sectional study was conducted in two counties - Kiambu County where farmers primarily practice smallholder livestock production and crop farming, and Marsabit County where farmers practice nomadic pastoral livestock production. Stratified random sampling was applied, in which sublocations were initially selected based on predominant livestock production system, before selecting households using randomly generated geographical coordinates. In each …
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