Seroprevalence survey of brucellosis among rural people in Mongolia
| العنوان: | Seroprevalence survey of brucellosis among rural people in Mongolia |
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| المؤلفون: | Bujinlkham Suuri, Enkhbayar Dashbal, Zolzaya Baljinnyam, Baatarkhuu Oidov, Esther Schelling, Felix Roth, Selenge Tsend, Davaalkham Dambadarjaa, Jakob Zinstag |
| المصدر: | Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, Vol 5, Iss 4, Pp 13-20 (2014) |
| بيانات النشر: | World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2014. |
| سنة النشر: | 2014 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Adult, Male, Rural Population, Veterinary medicine, Cross-sectional study, lcsh:Medicine, Risk Factors, Seroepidemiologic Studies, Rural people, Environmental health, medicine, Odds Ratio, Seroprevalence, Animals, Humans, seroprevalence survey, Other Topic, Aged, business.industry, lcsh:Public aspects of medicine, lcsh:R, Brucellosis, lcsh:RA1-1270, General Medicine, Odds ratio, Mongolia, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Antibodies, Bacterial, Brucella, Confidence interval, Vaccination, Geography, Cross-Sectional Studies, brucellosis, rural Mongolia, Livestock, Female, business |
| الوصف: | Background: After the transition from socialism to a market economy in 1990, human brucellosis re-emerged in Mongolia. The aim of our study was to estimate a representative seroprevalence of Brucella spp. and to determine risk factors for brucellosis seropositivity among rural people. Methods: A cross-sectional study with multistage random selection was conducted in eight provinces of Mongolia. Study participants were interviewed using a questionnaire to obtain their brucellosis history, current symptoms and likely risk factors. Blood samples were drawn to determine brucellosis seroprevalence. Results: A total of 2856 randomly selected rural people aged four to 90 years were enrolled in the study. The seroprevalence of Brucella spp. was 11.1% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 10.0–12.1), ranging between 2.3% and 22.6% in the eight provinces; 39.2% (n = 609) of nomadic camps had at least one seropositive participant. Risk factors associated with brucellosis seropositivity were being older than 45 years (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 6.9, 95% CI = 5.1–8.7) and being a veterinarian (AOR = 2.8, 95% CI = 1.5–5.0). Conclusion: Our study confirms that human brucellosis seroprevalence among rural people in Mongolia is high. Human brucellosis can be effectively controlled if high-coverage livestock mass vaccination is implemented with a coverage survey after the vaccinations to ensure completeness. This mass vaccination should be accompanied by public awareness and educational programmes. |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2094-7313 2094-7321 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::a66e7921014af5a4efd96469814564c3Test http://ojs.wpro.who.int/ojs/index.php/wpsar/article/view/229/425Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....a66e7921014af5a4efd96469814564c3 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 20947313 20947321 |
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