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Blood samples were collected from humans and animals and tested for <jats:italic>Brucella<\/jats:italic> immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies. Human and animal individual seroprevalence was 16% and 8%, respectively. Household and herd seroprevalence ranged from 5% to 73% and 6% to 68%, respectively. There was a 6-fold odds of human seropositivity in households with a seropositive animal compared with those without. Risk factors for human seropositivity included regular ingestion of raw milk (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 3.5, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.8\u20134.4), exposure to goats (herding, milking, and feeding) (aOR = 3.1, 95% CI = 2.5\u20133.8), and handling of animal hides (aOR = 1.8, 95% CI = 1.5\u20132.2). Attaining at least high school education and above was a protective factor for human seropositivity (aOR = 0.3, 95% CI = 0.3\u20130.4). 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