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The tradition of unheated milk consumption and handling of aborted materials poses a public health risk for zoonotic diseases. Limited data are available on RVF and\n                      <jats:italic>Brucella<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. in Somali people and their animals. Hence, this study has evaluated the occurrence of RVFV and\n                      <jats:italic>Brucella<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. antibodies in cattle, goats and sheep sera from Afgoye and Jowhar districts of Somalia.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Serum samples from 609 ruminants (201 cattle, 203 goats and 205 sheep), were serologically screened for RVF by a commercial cELISA, and\n                      <jats:italic>Brucella<\/jats:italic>\n                      species by modified Rose Bengal Plate Test (mRBPT) and a commercial iELISA.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Two out of 609 (0.3\u2009%; 95\u00a0%CI: 0.04\u20131.2\u2009%) ruminants were RVF seropositive, both were female cattle from both districts. Anti-\n                      <jats:italic>Brucella<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. antibodies were detected in 64\/609 (10.5\u2009%; 95\u00a0%CI: 8.2\u201313.2\u2009%) ruminants by mRBPT, which were 39\/201 (19.4\u2009%) cattle, 16\/203 (7.9\u2009%) goats and 9\/205 (4.4\u2009%) sheep. Cattle were 5.2 and 2.8 times more likely to be\n                      <jats:italic>Brucella<\/jats:italic>\n                      -seropositive than sheep (p\u2009=\u20090.000003) and goats (p\u2009=\u20090.001), respectively. When mRBPT-positive samples were tested by iELISA, 29\/64 (45.3\u2009%; 95\u00a0%CI: 32.8\u201358.3\u2009%) ruminant sera were positive for\n                      <jats:italic>Brucella<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. Only 23\/39 (58.9\u2009%) cattle sera and 6\/16 (37.5\u2009%) goat sera were positive to\n                      <jats:italic>Brucella<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. by iELISA.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The present study showed the serological evidence of RVF and brucellosis in ruminants from Afgoye and Jowhar districts of Somalia. 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