Sero-prevalence of human brucellosis in high risk population of Anand District
Journal Title: International Journal Of Research In Medicine - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease of great public health significance as it can cause illness, physical incapacity and loss of man power. Due to nonspecific clinical presentation, the disease usually goes undiagnosed unless specifically looked for and thus it becomes important to know the percentage of people exposed to this organism in a particular geographical area to decide strategies to deal with the situation. This study was aimed to find sero-prevalence of human Brucellosis in high risk population of Anand district as Anand being an area with dairy industry, veterinary college, farming, etc. may have a large number of carriers as well as febrile illnesses due to Brucellosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a cross sectional study conducted in Anand district. The material consisted of 54 subjects from the high risk group, and 25 subjects from the low risk nonexposed group. The serum sample was collected and tested for detection of antibody to Brucella abortus and brucella melitensis using tube agglutination test. Comparative statistics was used for data analysis. RESULTS: Out of a total number of 54 test serum samples tested for brucella antibody, 8 test serum samples were positive for brucella melitensis and 1 test serum sample was positive for brucella abortus. Of the 25 control serum samples tested only 1 serum sample tested positive for brucella melitensis and none positive for brucella abortus. CONCLUSION: It can be concluded from the results that exposure to brucella in high risk individuals is present and clinicians must keep their index of suspicion high for early detection and treatment to prevent chronic morbidity
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Suman P. Singh1* , Shruti S. Parikh2
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