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Prevalence of human brucellosis, Q-fever and rickettsiosis infections in febrile patients and risk factors related to high risk occupational groups in Northern and Nairobi, Kenya
Project
Project code: FLI-IBIZ-08-N-0028
Contract period: 01.10.2013
- 30.04.2017
Purpose of research: Inventory & Assessment
In many parts of the world including the Sub-Saharan region brucellosis, Q fever and rickettsioses are a major health threat. In humans, these infectious diseases manifest as relatively unspecific flu-like diseases. Intensive animal husbandry and international trade with animals have aggravated the situation over the last years. The study aims at estimating the prevalence of these diseases in patients with fever in Northeastern Kenya and in Nairobi.
1: Njeru J, Henning K, Pletz MW, Heller R, Neubauer H. Q fever is an old and neglected zoonotic disease in Kenya: a systematic review. BMC Public Health. 2016 Apr 5;16:297. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-2929-9. Review. PubMed PMID: 27048480; 2: Njeru J, Henning K, Pletz MW, Heller R, Forstner C, Kariuki S, Fèvre EM, Neubauer H. Febrile patients admitted to remote hospitals in Northeastern Kenya: seroprevalence, risk factors and a clinical prediction tool for Q-Fever. BMC Infect Dis. 2016 Jun 3;16:244. doi: 10.1186/s12879-016-1569-0. PubMed PMID: 3: Njeru J, Wareth G, Melzer F, Henning K, Pletz MW, Heller R, Neubauer H. Systematic review of brucellosis in Kenya: disease frequency in humans and animals and risk factors for human infection. BMC Public Health. 2016 Aug 22;16(1):853. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3532-9. Review. PubMed PMID: 27549329; 4: Nguyen TN, Hotzel H, Njeru J, Mwituria J, El-Adawy H, Tomaso H, Neubauer H, Hafez HM. Antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter isolates from small scale and backyard chicken in Kenya. Gut Pathog. 2016 Aug 27;8(1):39. doi:10.1186/s13099-016-0121-5. eCollection 2016. PubMed PMID: 27570543; 5: Njeru J, Tomaso H, Mertens K, Henning K, Wareth G, Heller R, Kariuki S, Fèvre EM, Neubauer H, Pletz MW. Serological evidence of Francisella tularensis in febrile patients seeking treatment at remote hospitals, northeastern Kenya, 2014-2015. New Microbes New Infect. 2017 Jun 3;19:62-66. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2017.05.015. eCollection 2017 Sep. PubMed PMID: 28721222; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5498284. 6: Njeru J, Melzer F, Wareth G, El-Adawy H, Henning K, Pletz MW, Heller R, Kariuki S, Fèvre E, Neubauer H. Human Brucellosis in Febrile Patients Seeking Treatment at Remote Hospitals, Northeastern Kenya, 2014-2015. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Dec;22(12):2160-2164. doi: 10.3201/eid2212.160285. Epub 2016 Dec 15. PubMed PMID: 27662463; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5189133.
Section overview
Subjects
- Animal health
Framework programme
Funding programme
Excutive institution
FLI - Institute for Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses (FLI-IBIZ)
