Prevalence of Brucellosis in Butcher Population of District Swabi Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

Abstract

Brucellosis, caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella, is an important zoonotic infection that causes reproductive disease in domestic animals and chronic debilitating disease in humans. An intriguing aspect of Brucella infection is the ability of these bacteria to evade the host immune response, leading to pathogen persistence. In humans, the disease may cause many symptoms varying from mild flu-like to severe complications on the part of the nervous system, musculoskeletal system and the heart. Brucellae comprise facultative intracellular bacteria that infect a variety of feral and domestic animals. In current study 73 samples were screened for Brucellosis. The male was 69 (95%) and the female were 4(5%). Brucellosis were 8 (11.0%) positive for Brucella Abortus, and 3 (4%) were positive for Brucella Melitensis and 62 (85%) people were negative.Results were analyzed through SPSS. To aware the society and control the disease more studies will be required.