Epidemiological Aspects of Human and animal brucellosis in Sudan

Brucellosis is one of the most important zoonatic diseases responsible for high economic losses and high morbidity in endemic areas . in the Sudan the disease occurs in all animal species including wild life and humans. This Please purchase PDFcamp Printer on http://www.verypdf.com/ to remove this watermark. VII study was conducted by collecting data from records of the Federal Ministry of Health. the data included annual cases of human brucellosis from 2006- 2010 in different states of the Sudan (Notheren- Red Sea- EL Gezira- EL Gadarief- White Nile- Blue Nile- South Darfur- North Darfur- West Darfur- South Kordufan- North kordufan- River Nile- Kassala- Sinnar). The data included ages of patients and their distribution according to sex and prevalence of brucellosis was calculated for each state. EL Gezira state showed the highest prevalence rate due to the large numbers of livestock and the close associating of their owners with them without precaution measure and their wrong habits like drinking raw milk .El Gadarief state followed El Gazira in the high prevalence of brucellosis because of con of livestock in El Butana area north of the state during the raining season. The age groups from 25-44 years showed the highest infection rate being the working group in farms and grazing and hence most exposed to the source of infection(animals)