The effects of health education intervention on promoting knowledge, beliefs and preventive behaviors on brucellosis among rural population in Nagpur district of Maharashtra state, India.

Introduction: Brucellosis is one of the most common zoonosis diseases in developing and undeveloped countries, with adverse socio-economic status and animal and human health. The essential element for effective prevention and control of brucellosis is to improve the community's Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) through Health Education Intervention (HEI).

Aim: To assess health education intervention's effect on promoting knowledge, beliefs, and preventive behaviors on brucellosis among rural populations in Nagpur district, Maharashtra, India.

Human brucellosis: Seroprevalence and associated exposure factors among the rural population in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.

Introduction: Brucellosis is a recognised occupational threat among animal handler and raw animal product consumers. In India, there is a likelihood of missed diagnoses and under-reporting cases by physicians causing an extended debilitating illness. We steered research to conclude the seroprevalence and risk factors allied with Human Brucellosis (HB) among the rural population in Nagpur District, Maharashtra, India.

Decline in transmission of schistosomiasis mansoni in Oman.

Background: Intestinal schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma mansoni was first reported in Oman in 1979. We describe the trend in parasitological and serological prevalence of human infection with S. mansoni in the endemic area over the period 1982-2014, and the compliance of data generated by the national monitoring and evaluation system with schistosomiasis elimination criteria set by the Ministry of Health of Oman.