title: Syndromic surveillance of peste des petits ruminants and other animal diseases in Koinadugu district, Sierra Leone, 2011-2012.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to conduct syndromic surveillance for important veterinary diseases in Koinadugu district, Northern Province, Sierra Leone.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study examined all veterinary syndromic surveillance reports submitted to the district veterinary office from January 2011 through December 2012.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In total, 5679 case reports were submitted, including 2394 fatalities. The most common syndrome reported was consistent with peste de petits ruminants (PPR) in goats (n = 1649). PPR cases were reported from eight of 11 chiefdoms in the district, with a 42 per 1000 reported incidence rate and a 48 % case fatality rate. Other syndromes reported were consistent with trypanosomiasis in cattle (n = 1402), Newcastle disease in poultry (n = 911), black quarter in cattle (n = 691), and haemorrhagic septicaemia in cattle (n = 542).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Expanded use of the PPR virus vaccine may be required to help control the spread of the infection. Improved community-based prevention efforts may be effective for better control of trypanosomiasis and all these conditions.
authors.affiliation: Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory (MHRL), Kulanda Town, Bo, Sierra Leone.
authors.forename: Abu James
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Sundufu
authors.forename: Rashid
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ansumana
authors.forename: Alfred Swarray
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bockarie
authors.forename: Umaru
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bangura
authors.forename: Joseph Morrison
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lamin
authors.forename: Kathryn H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Jacobsen
authors.forename: David Andrew
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Stenger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D006041:Goats; D029021:Peste-des-Petits-Ruminants / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D018107:Peste-des-petits-ruminants virus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D012756:Sheep; D012807:Sierra Leone / Q000453:epidemiology; D013577:Syndrome; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D014765:Viral Vaccines