Esmaeili, Saber and Bagheri Amiri, Fahimeh and Mokhayeri, Hamid and Kayedi, Mohammad Hassan and Maurin, Max and Rohani, Mahdi and Mostafavi, Ehsan (2019) SeroepidemiologicalstudyofQfever,brucellosisandtularemiainbutchers andslaughterhousesworkersinLorestan,westernofIran. ComparativeImmunology,Microbiology andInfectiousDiseases.
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Abstract
Most zoonoses are occupational diseases. Q fever, brucellosis and tularemia are major zoonotic diseases for butchersandslaughterhouseworkers.However,littleinformationisavailableabouttheseinfectiousdiseasesin suchprofessionalpopulationsinwesternofIran.Theaimofthisstudywastoinvestigatetheseroprevalenceand risk factors associated with these three zoonoses among butchers andslaughterhouse workers in the Lorestan provinceofIran.In2017,289individuals(144butchersorslaughterhouseworkers,and145peoplefromthe generalpopulation)wereenrolledin11differentcountiesofthisprovince.Collectedserumsamplesweretested byELISAfordetectionofIgGantibodiesagainstCoxiellaburnetii,Brucellaspp.orFrancisellatularensisantigens. TheseroprevalenceofQfever,brucellosisandtularemiaamongallparticipantswere23.5%,31.8%and3.8%, respectively.TheseroprevalenceofbrucellosisandQfeveramongbutchersandslaughterhouseworkers(43.7% and29.8%,respectively)weresignificantlyhigher(p < 0.05)thanthoseofthegeneralpopulation(20%and 17.2%,respectively).Acontacthistorywithsmallruminants(sheepandgoats)wasassociatedwithahigherrisk ofpositiveserologyforallthreestudiedzoonoses.ThehighseroprevalenceforQfeverandbrucellosiswefound amongbutchersandslaughterhouseworkerssuggeststhatbothdiseasesarecommoninthesepopulationsofthe Lorestan province. Since these two infectious diseases are clinically unspecific, they must be systematically includedintheetiologicaldiagnosisofinfectiousdiseasesoccurringintheseat-riskpopulations.Inaddition,we recommendspecifictrainingprogramsaswellastheuseofpersonalprotectiveequipmentintheseoccupational groupstoreducetheoccurrenceofthesezoonoticdiseases.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | lorestan university |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Feb 2020 04:27 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Feb 2020 04:27 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lums.ac.ir/id/eprint/1928 |
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