Abstract:
Brucellosis is a widespread zoonotic disease with high prevalence rates in Algeria. It is
transmitted to humans by brucella cocci. Our work is divided into two parts: The first part
consists of compiling bibliographic knowledge on the study of animal and human brucellosis.
The second part is a retrospective survey on notifiable diseases (brucellosis) in the wilaya of
Ghardaïa over a period of five years (2019-2023). The results obtained made it possible to
identify: Prevalence of bovine brucellosis (0.69%) during the five years. And prevalence of
caprine brucellosis (3.9%) over the five years. And prevalence of human brucellosis (42.78
per 100,000 inhabitants) in Ghardaïa over a period of five years. and the age group (20-44
years) is the most affected with a rate of (50.21%). And the infection rate during the period
(2019-2023) was (64.5%) among men and (35.5%) among women.
