Johansson Wensman, Jonas
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
An extended range of host susceptibility including camel has been evidenced for some of the important veterinary and public health pathogens, such as brucellosis, peste des petits ruminants (PPR) and bluetongue (BT). However, in disease endemic settings across many parts of the globe, most of the disease control interventions accounts for small and large ruminants, whereas unusual hosts and/or natural reservoirs, such as camels, remain neglected for disease control measures including routine vaccination. Such a policy drawback not only plays an important role in disease epizootiology particularly in settings where disease is endemic, but also serves an obstacle in disease control and subsequent eradication in future. With this background, using pre-validated ELISA and molecular assays [multiplex PCR, reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR and real-time (rt)-PCR], we conducted a large-scale pathogen- and antibody-based surveillance for brucellosis, peste des petits ruminants and bluetongue in camel population (n = 992) originating from a wide geographical region in southern part of the Punjab province, Pakistan. Varying in each of the selected districts, the seroprevalence was found to be maximum for bluetongue [n=697 (70.26%, 95% CI: 67.29-73.07)], followed by PPR [n = 193 (19.46%, 95% CI: 17.07-22.09)] and brucellosis [n = 66 (6.65%, 95% CI: 5.22-8.43)]. Odds of seroprevalence were more significantly associated with pregnancy status (non-pregnant, OR = 2.23, 95% CI: 1.86-5.63, p
Keywords
Surveillance; Camel; Peste des petits ruminants; Brucellosis; Bluetongue; Endemic; Pakistan
Published in
Acta Tropica
2020, volume: 205, article number: UNSP 105435
Publisher: ELSEVIER
SLU Authors
Global goals (SDG)
SDG3 Good health and well-being
UKÄ Subject classification
Public Health, Global Health and Social Medicine
Animal and Dairy Science
Epidemiology
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105435
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/105330