Fragebogenstudie zur Ermittlung eines Gesundheitsstatus von Pferden in Deutschland

von Anna Ljungberg

150 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This doctoral work focuses on the epidemiology and public health implications of non-malarial febrile illnesses (NMFIs) in endemic regions. The research delivers a comprehensive investigation of leading causes of NMFIs in febrile patients in Africa and is the first to present them in proportional morbidity rates, an important health metric that shows the relative importance of clinically relevant aetiological agents. While there was a paucity of relevant data across the continent, a remarkable diversity of bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic infectious agents was found, with most being observed from blood and/or serum samples using both direct and indirect methods. Bacterial agents were the most prominent causes of non-malarial fevers, with viruses following closely. The first meta-analytic summary estimates of selected agents in African patients were also estimated from the work, with Streptococcus being detected using direct methods in 3.2% of the 241,499 patients investigated. A need for more fever studies to even out the regional disparities observed on the continent is discussed, with harmonised protocols for patient selection and diagnosis being needful to lower the high study heterogeneity seen for various agents. An in-depth investigation of febrile patients from Garissa County of Kenya, an arid and semiarid region of Kenya revealed further understanding of NMFIs in an endemic region. A high presence of Brucella was observed (only B. melitensis was found) in the patients examined (19.4% by PCR), much higher than the African average meta-analytic estimates of 3.1% for pathogenic brucellae. Additionally, 1.7% of patients were PCR positive to P1 subclade (formerly termed pathogenic) Leptospira and none (

• Themen: Medizin Tiermedizin Groß- und Nutztiere Pferde
• ISBN: 9783967292763
• Sprache: Deutsch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2026
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Mensch & Buch
• Herausgegeben von: Fachbereich Veterinärmedizin der Freien Universität Berlin