Epidemiological characterization of notified human brucellosis cases in Southern Brazil

Autor: Fabricio Bernardi, Marina Gabriela Possa, Camila Elizandra Rossi, Luíz Guilherme Dercore Benevenuto, Iucif Abrão Nascif Junior, Jacqueline de Jesus, Barbara Cardoso de Oliveira, Carla Zanelatto, Joice Gama Sena, Carlos Eduardo Fonseca-Alves, Fabiana Elias
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo; Vol. 64 (2022); e38
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo; v. 64 (2022); e38
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Instituto de Medicina Tropical (IMT)
instacron:IMT
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Volume: 64, Article number: e38, Published: 06 JUN 2022
ISSN: 1678-9946
0036-4665
Popis: Brucellosis is one of the most important and widespread bacterial zoonotic diseases worldwide, and it is transmitted to humans from various sources, including direct contact with infected animals and the ingestion of contaminated products, including unpasteurized milk. There are only a few epidemiological studies on said disease in humans in Western Santa Catarina, a region instantiated by agriculture. Thus, the objective of this study was to characterize the epidemiological aspects of human brucellosis reported in Western Santa Catarina from 2013 to 2018. The data were provided by the Epidemiological Surveillance Board (Diretoria de Vigilancia Epidemiologica). The frequency of the disease in humans and the epidemiological profile of confirmed human cases were evaluated. Cases that were screened positive and those that were confirmed and submitted to the therapeutic protocol were analyzed. During the study period, 3,671 people were tested, of which 12.34% were screened positive (453/ 3,671) and 3.40% were confirmed (125/3,671). The year with the highest number of people testing positive was 2015 (123 cases), and 2018 was the year with the highest number of confirmed cases (39 cases). Confirmed cases predominated in males (48.8%), self-declared white (22.4%), aged 20-59 years old (60%), with incomplete primary education (22.4%), of rural origin (59.2%), with occupational contact with cattle (64.8%), engaged in professions directly linked to agricultural and livestock activities (55.5%), and who reported consumption of unpasteurized dairy products (59.2%). No seasonal variation was observed in case numbers. The results demonstrated that brucellosis is an endemic disease in Western Santa Catarina.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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