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J Infect Public Health · Mar 2021
Status of human brucellosis in district Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
- Sadaf Niaz, Abdur Raqeeb, Adil Khan, Nasreen Department of Zoology, Abdul WaliKhan University, Mardan 23200, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan., Sohail Amir, Ling Zhu, and Sachin Kumar.
- Department of Zoology, Abdul WaliKhan University, Mardan 23200, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Electronic address: sadafniazparasitologist@yahoo.com.
- J Infect Public Health. 2021 Mar 1; 14 (3): 423-427.
BackgroundBrucellosis is a zoonotic disease caused by the bacteria, Brucella genus. Human is always an accidental host, infected from domesticated or wild animals.MethodsThis study was conducted from September 2017 to April 2018. A total of 304 samples were collected in eight months duration from female of high-risk population connected with domesticated animals to investigate the sero-prevalence of Brucellosis using ELISA (Igm) in District Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.ResultsThe high age wise prevalence was recorded as 32.25% in female with age group 21-30 by ELISA (P<0.05). The prevalent rate was significantly high (P<0.05) in Tehsil Batkhela (32.8%) than Dargai (22.75%). It was also recorded in the present study that the prevalence was higher from January to April. It was found 20.58%, 17.64%, 14.70%, 20.58%, 17.6%, 38.23%, 45.71% and 44.11% from September to April respectively.ConclusionThe present study concluded that the prevalence of brucellosis is significantly high among the age group 20-40 and from January to April 2018. Further studies will be required to show the prevalence of the Brucellosis all over the country.Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
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