Human Brucellosis in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas of Kampala, Uganda

Kohei Makita; Eric Maurice Fevre; Charles Waiswa; Winyi Kaboyo; Mark Bronsvoort; Mark Charles Eisler; Susan Christina Welburn

doi:10.1196/annals.1428.015

Human Brucellosis in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas of Kampala, Uganda

Kohei Makita, Eric Maurice Fevre, Charles Waiswa, Winyi Kaboyo, Mark Bronsvoort, Mark Charles Eisler, Susan Christina Welburn

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A retrospective case-control study of human brucellosis in urban, peri-urban, and rural areas in Kampala, Uganda was undertaken to find the risks associated with the disease using the medical records of Mulago National Referral Hospital (Mulago Hospital). From the Brucella agglutination test (BAT) records between June 2004 and May 2006, 652 positive results were found. The case-control study showed that living in urban areas was a risk factor for brucellosis. The numbers of improved and cross-breed cattle per 1000 households were calculated on the basis of data obtained from interviews of 75 randomly selected local councils (LCls) in an area between 5 and 20 km radii from the city center of Kampala. Cattle-keeping activities were, however, unpopular in urban areas compared to peri-urban and rural areas. Poor correlation between the distribution of human brucellosis cases and the distribution of cattle suggested that most of the brucellosis cases resulted from consumption of raw milk transported from peri-urban and rural areas of Kampala and/or dairy production areas outside Kampala.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ANIMAL BIODIVERSITY AND EMERGING DISEASES: PREDICTION AND PREVENTION
Editors	OAE Sparagano, JC Maillard, JV Figueroa
Place of Publication	OXFORD
Publisher	Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Pages	309-311
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Print)	978-1-57331-714-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1196/annals.1428.015
Publication status	Published - 2008
Event	9th Biennial Conference on Animal Biodiversity and Emerging Diseases - Prediction and Prevention - Merida Duration: 17 Jun 2007 → 22 Jun 2007

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Conference	9th Biennial Conference on Animal Biodiversity and Emerging Diseases - Prediction and Prevention
City	Merida
Period	17/06/07 → 22/06/07

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Makita, K., Fevre, E. M., Waiswa, C., Kaboyo, W., Bronsvoort, M., Eisler, M. C., & Welburn, S. C. (2008). Human Brucellosis in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas of Kampala, Uganda. In OAE. Sparagano, JC. Maillard, & JV. Figueroa (Eds.), ANIMAL BIODIVERSITY AND EMERGING DISEASES: PREDICTION AND PREVENTION (pp. 309-311). Blackwell Publishing Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1196/annals.1428.015

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Makita, K, Fevre, EM, Waiswa, C, Kaboyo, W, Bronsvoort, M, Eisler, MC & Welburn, SC 2008, Human Brucellosis in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas of Kampala, Uganda. in OAE Sparagano, JC Maillard & JV Figueroa (eds), ANIMAL BIODIVERSITY AND EMERGING DISEASES: PREDICTION AND PREVENTION. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, OXFORD, pp. 309-311, 9th Biennial Conference on Animal Biodiversity and Emerging Diseases - Prediction and Prevention, Merida, 17/06/07. https://doi.org/10.1196/annals.1428.015

Human Brucellosis in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas of Kampala, Uganda. / Makita, Kohei; Fevre, Eric Maurice; Waiswa, Charles et al.

ANIMAL BIODIVERSITY AND EMERGING DISEASES: PREDICTION AND PREVENTION. ed. / OAE Sparagano; JC Maillard; JV Figueroa. OXFORD : Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008. p. 309-311.

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