- Title
- Trends and geographic distribution of bacterial zoonoses in veterinary cases in the Eastern Cape: A ten-year retrospective analysis
- Creator
- Nnadozie, Chika F, Odume, Oghenekaro N
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2025
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/484518
- Identifier
- vital:78920
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2025.102738
- Description
- Diseases affecting livestock can have ripple effects on surrounding ecosystems, especially by contaminating water sources. Their occurrence poses significant public health issues, especially in areas such as the Eastern Cape province in South Africa, susceptible to climatic variations and where people and animals often share water sources, increasing the risk of transmission of waterborne zoonoses. Waterborne zoonoses are infectious diseases caused by zoonotic pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and parasitic helminths transmitted from animals through the aquatic environment to humans and vice versa. Tracking zoonoses in livestock is an early indicator of potential contamination of water sources used by animals and humans. This study analysed trends in prevalence of water-transmissible bacterial zoonoses over ten years, identifying the most frequently recorded zoonoses, their geographical distribution, and determining the animal species most commonly associated with these diseases.
- Format
- 10 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Journal of Infection and Public Health, Nnadozie, C.F. and Odume, O.N., 2025. Trends and geographic distribution of bacterial zoonoses in veterinary cases in the Eastern Cape: A ten-year retrospective analysis. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 18(6), p.102738, Journal of Infection and Public Health volume 18 number 6 1 10 2025 1876-035X
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- Person PID
- https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6177-2627
- Person PID
- https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5220-3254
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RU Institute for Water Research, including the Unilever Centre for Environmental Water Quality (IWR)
Odume, Oghenekaro Nelson (Associate Professor)
SDG 06. Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG 14. Life Below Water
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