First case-control study of zoonotic brucellosis in Gafsa district, Southwest Tunisia
| Autor: | Samaher Htira, M’hammed Benzarti, Kaouther Harabech, Médiha Khamassi Khbou |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Veterinary medicine
lcsh:R5-920 Disease occurrence biology Animal health 040301 veterinary sciences business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) 0402 animal and dairy science Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Case-control study Brucellosis 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Brucella Abortion medicine.disease biology.organism_classification 040201 dairy & animal science 0403 veterinary science Infectious Diseases medicine business lcsh:Medicine (General) Human brucellosis |
| Zdroj: | One Health, Vol 5, Iss, Pp 21-26 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2352-7714 |
| Popis: | A case-control study was conducted, aimed to describe the clinical human brucellosis (CHB) pattern during 2015 in the Gafsa region (Southwest Tunisia) and to investigate the main risk factors involved in the disease occurrence. One hundred and four CHB cases were notified in 2015 in Gafsa district. All CHB cases that own ruminants were contacted, but only 32 accepted to participate in a matched case-control study. Thirty-two and thirty-one CHB cases and controls, respectively, were included in the study. The subjects were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. A total of 662 domestic ruminants (cattle, sheep and goats) belonging to cases and controls, were screened using the Rose Bengal Test, as recommended by the World Organisation of Animal Health. During 2015, the incidence of CHB was estimated to 30.8 per 100,000 inhabitants affecting mainly males aged between 30 and 39years. The overall animal seropositivity to Brucella, was 21 and 1.9% in case and control farms, respectively (p |
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