Seroprevalence and risk factors of brucellosis in pastoralists and their livestock in Central Equatoria State, South Sudan

Publication Type

Journal Article

Name of Author

Emmanuel Philip Lasuba Lita, Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), TanzaniaFollow
Erneo B. Ochi, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Juba, Juba, South Sudan
Gerald Misinzo, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania, Department of Microbiology, Parasitology and Biotechnology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
Henriette van Heerden, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Onderstepoort, South Africa
Robab Katani, The Huck Institute of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania
Jacques Godfroid,, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Coletha Mathew, Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

Publication Date (Issue Year)

2024

Journal Name

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases,

Abstract

Brucellosis poses serious public health implications and substantial economic losses in pastoral rural settings in South Sudan. In humans, brucellosis is almost always originating from animals. Current literature provides scant data regarding the seroprevalence of brucellosis in South Sudan. This cross-sectional study investigates the seroprevalence of brucellosis among the pastoral community and livestock and identifies risk factors for the disease from two Counties, Terekeka and Juba in Central Equatoria State (CES), South Sudan.

Keywords

Keywords

Rsif Scholar Name

Emmanuel Philip Lasuba Lita

Rsif Scholar Nationality

South Sudan

Cohort

Cohort 3

Thematic Area

Food security and Agribusiness

Africa Host University (AHU)

Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Tanzania

Recommended Citation

Lita, E. P., B. Ochi, E., Misinzo, G., van Heerden, H., Katani, R., Godfroid,, J., & Mathew, C. (2024). Seroprevalence and risk factors of brucellosis in pastoralists and their livestock in Central Equatoria State, South Sudan. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases,, 18 (12), e0012144. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012144