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PLoS One
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161576
Personal Author:
Munyua, Peninah ; Bitek, Austine ; Osoro, Eric ; Pieracci, Emily G. ; Muema, Josephat ; ... More +
Munyua, Peninah ; Bitek, Austine ; Osoro, Eric ; Pieracci, Emily G. ; Muema, Josephat ; Mwatondo, Athman ; Kungu, Mathew ; Nanyingi, Mark ; Gharpure, Radhika ; Njenga, Kariuki ; Thumbi, Samuel M. Less -
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Introduction

Zoonotic diseases have varying public health burden and socio-economic impact across time and geographical settings making their prioritization for prevention and control important at the national level. We conducted systematic prioritization of zoonotic diseases and developed a ranked list of these diseases that would guide allocation of resources to enhance their surveillance, prevention, and control.

Methods

A group of 36 medical, veterinary, and wildlife experts in zoonoses from government, research institutions and universities in Kenya prioritized 36 diseases using a semi-quantitative One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization tool developed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with slight adaptations. The tool comprises five steps: listing of zoonotic diseases to be prioritized, development of ranking criteria, weighting criteria by pairwise comparison through analytical hierarchical process, scoring each zoonotic disease based on the criteria, and aggregation of scores.

Results

In order of importance, the participants identified severity of illness in humans, epidemic/pandemic potential in humans, socio-economic burden, prevalence/incidence and availability of interventions (weighted scores assigned to each criteria were 0.23, 0.22, 0.21, 0.17 and 0.17 respectively), as the criteria to define the relative importance of the diseases. The top five priority diseases in descending order of ranking were anthrax, trypanosomiasis, rabies, brucellosis and Rift Valley fever.

Conclusion

Although less prominently mentioned, neglected zoonotic diseases ranked highly compared to those with epidemic potential suggesting these endemic diseases cause substantial public health burden. The list of priority zoonotic disease is crucial for the targeted allocation of resources and informing disease prevention and control programs for zoonoses in Kenya.


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Animals Health Priorities Humans Incidence Prevalence Public Health Surveillance Research Article Socioeconomic Factors Zoonoses/
Source:
PLoS One. 11(8).
Pubmed ID:
27557120
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4996421
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Kenya
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CDC Public Access
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