[HTML][HTML] The epidemiology of febrile illness in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for diagnosis and management

MJ Maze, Q Bassat, NA Feasey, I Mandomando… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Fever is among the most common symptoms of people living in Africa, and
clinicians are challenged by the similar clinical features of a wide spectrum of potential …

[HTML][HTML] Occupational exposure to Brucella spp.: A systematic review and meta-analysis

CR Pereira, JVF Cotrim de Almeida… - PLoS neglected …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Brucellosis is a neglected zoonotic disease of remarkable importance worldwide. The focus
of this systematic review was to investigate occupational brucellosis and to identify the main …

[HTML][HTML] Brucellosis in ruminants and pastoralists in Borena, Southern Ethiopia

BM Edao, G Ameni, Z Assefa, S Berg… - PLoS neglected …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Brucellosis is a bacterial zoonotic disease that has important veterinary and public health
consequences as well as economic impact in sub Saharan Africa including Ethiopia. A cross …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and speciation of brucellosis in febrile patients from a pastoralist community of Tanzania

RF Bodenham, AHS Lukambagire, RT Ashford… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Brucellosis is an endemic zoonosis in sub-Saharan Africa. Pastoralists are at high risk of
infection but data on brucellosis from these communities are scarce. The study objectives …

Analysing livestock network data for infectious disease control: an argument for routine data collection in emerging economies

GL Chaters, PCD Johnson… - … of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Livestock movements are an important mechanism of infectious disease transmission.
Where these are well recorded, network analysis tools have been used to successfully …

Brucellosis: Prevalence with reference to East African community countries–A rapid review

J Djangwani, G Ooko Abong'… - Veterinary Medicine …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease which is endemic to certain regions of the world including
Sub‐Saharan Africa. The aim of this article is to provide a recent and rapid review on …

Associations between livestock keeping, morbidity and nutritional status of children and women in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review

TA Zerfu, G Nguyen, AJ Duncan… - Nutrition Research …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Livestock keeping can positively influence the nutritional status of populations and
households through increased consumption of animal-source foods (ASF) and other indirect …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors for acute human brucellosis in Ijara, north-eastern Kenya

SG Kiambi, EM Fèvre, J Omolo, J Oundo… - PLOS Neglected …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Brucellosis is an important zoonotic disease globally, with particularly high burdens in
pastoral settings. While the zoonotic transmission routes for Brucella spp. are well known …

Diagnostic challenges of brucellosis in humans and livestock in Tanzania: A thematic review

IJ Mengele, GM Shirima, BM Bronsvoort… - CABI One …, 2023 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Brucellosis is an endemic bacterial zoonosis in Tanzania, and is among the most prioritized
zoonotic diseases in the country. Brucellosis affects public health and livestock production in …

[HTML][HTML] Knowledge, attitude and practices of frontline health workers in relation to detection of brucellosis in rural settings of Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

BJ Mligo, C Sindato, RB Yapi, C Mathew… - One health outlook, 2022 - Springer
Background Brucellosis an important zoonotic disease worldwide, which frequently presents
as an undifferentiated febrile illness with otherwise varied and non-specific clinical …