Zoonoses in Zenica-Doboj County and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract

Aim. The objectives of the study were to clarify the importance of zoonoses in humans, and to show which zoonoses occurred most often in Zenica-Doboj County (ZDC) and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FB&H) over a ten-year period (2010–2019). Methods. For the purpose of the research, the data on reported zoonoses (salmonellosis, brucellosis, leptospirosis, Q fever, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, borreliosis, echinococcosis, listeriosis)of the Institute for Health and Food Safety Zenica and the Federation Institute of Public Health. Diagnoses are clinical, microbiological and/or epidemiological. Results. A total of 871 zoonoses were reported in ZDC in the given period. The highest (191/871; 21.9%) reported zoonoses were in 2019. The most common zoonosis was salmonellosis (343/871; 39.4%; 95.3/100.000), followed by brucellosis (323/871; 37.1%; 87.7/100.000). The most common zoonosis in FB&H is salmonellosis (2.764/5.219; 53%; 125.6/100.000). In second place is brucellosis (1.505/5.219; 28.8%; 68.4/100.000). Leptospirosis (386/5.219; 7.4%; 17.5/100.000), Q fever (203/5.219; 3.9%; 9.2/100.000) and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (164/5.219; 3.1%; 7.5/100.000) occur periodically, in the form of minor or major epidemics. Other zoonoses occur sporadically. Conclusion. Zoonoses are of special public health importance and require close interdisciplinary cooperation of various profiles of experts (in the field of medicine, veterinary, forestry, biology, zoology, ecology) in taking effective measures in the control, study and scientific research of these diseases.

Keywords

• zoonozes – epidemiology