Table 1 Summary of studies investigating the occurrence of brucellosis in humans in Kenya deemed as relevant to be included in this systematic review
Population | County | Diagnostic test | Complementary tests | Study outcome | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diseases frequencya | Risk factor | |||||
Apparently healthy | National | ELISA | NA | 3 (1.0–5.0) | Yes | [24] |
Nairobi Central Coast Eastern N/eastern Nyanza Rift Valley Western | NA | 0 1.1 (0.0–2.7) 1.0 (0.0–2.9) 1.5 (0.0–4.3) 10.3 (0.0–21.8) 0 2.8 (0.0–7.0) 0.5 (0.0–1.6) | ||||
Apparently healthy | Kiambu Kajiado Marsabit | ELISA | NA | 2.4 (1.9–30) 15.3 (10.5–21.8) 46.5 (39.0–54.1) | Yes | [32] |
Outbreak patients | Garissa | RBT/BMAT | ELISA,CFT | 5 of 12 outbreak cases | No | [17] |
Hospital patients | Narok | RBT | NA | 21.2 (13.8–35.9) | No | [23] |
Hospital patients | Machakos | RBT | SAT | 39 patients case series report | No | [25] |
Hospital patients | Machakos | RBT | CFT,SAT | 10.4 b | No | [26] |
Hospital patients | Garissa | RBT | PCR | 31.8 b | Yes | [21] |
High risk pastoralist population | Isiolo | QS | NA | QS | Yes | [33] |
Hospital patients | Nairobi | RBT | ELISA | 5 (1.4–9.4) | No | [22] |
Hospital patients | Nairobi | ELISA | Isolation | 2 BM isolates and 21 seropositive from study cohort | No | [27] |
High risk pastoralist population | Turkana | RBT | ELISA | 17 (13.1–22.4) | Yes | [30] |
Hospital patients | NS | RBT | Isolation | 70 isolates (64BM,6BA) from case reports | No | [29] |
Hospital patients | NS | Isolation | NA | 1 BA isolate from a case report | No | [19] |
Hospital patients | Kiambu Narok | RBT/SAT | IFA | 3.2 (1.1–4.5) 14.4 (8.0–18.9) | No | [31] |
High risk occupational groups | Nairobi Naivasha | SAT | NA | 2 (0.5–4.5) 7 (4.1–14.6) | No | [20] |
High risk pastoralist population | Marsabit | QS | NA | QS | Yes | [34] |
High risk occupational groups | Busia | RBT | NA | 0.1 (0.007–0.8) | No | [18] |
Hospital patients | Busia | RBT | BPAT, Coombs, SAT | 0.6 (0.04–0.9) | NO | [28] |