The volume of domestic animal (such as cattle, goats, sheep, dogs, etc) raring or handling is high in Northern Nigeria, as such I suppose Brucellosis could be endemic and yet, there is no system or policy in place for screening Brucella in donors before transfusing Blood. Does it mean we do not consider infection with Brucella sp. of any significant in public health?
Dear you can conduct research in this line within the area and if your discovery is significant, you suggest for inclusion among diseases to screen before blood donation.
Correct answer. Indeed, there are so many issues crying for answers in the NorthEast of Nigeria, that it is somewhat disheartening that not much clinical and biomedical research is being done. I know that lack of funding is a major problem but even some basic research can be done in this area.
Those are correct answers and posed serious challenge to some us in the Northeastern Nigeria. Funding is really the issue as rightly suggested here. Howbeit, we will take up the challenge. Thanks.
As of 2017, only 4 cases of transfusion-transmitted brucellosis had been reported in the literature, so transfusion is likely to be an inefficient mode of transmission. It is impractical to test blood for every known disease so funds should be prioritised to the highest risks. Brucellosis would probably be fairly low on that list. You may find this summary of the key characteristics of Brucella with respect to blood safety interesting: https://www.aabb.org/tm/eid/Documents/199s.pdf. This second link explains the origin of the document: Article Emerging infectious disease agents and their potential threa...
Thank you Styles for that comment. Perhaps the story of Brucellosis and blood donors may be different in an endemic area. It may be rewarding to find out.
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