| Revue: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo |
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| Número de sistema: | 000547855 |
| ISSN: | 0036-4665 |
| Autores: | Bernardi, Fabricio1 Possa, Marina Gabriela1 Rossi, Camila Elizandra1 Benevenuto, Luíz Guilherme Dercore2 Nascif Junior, Iucif Abrão1 Jesus, Jacqueline de1 Oliveira, Barbara Cardoso de1 Zanelatto, Carla1 Sena, Joice Gama3 Fonseca Alves, Carlos Eduardo2 Elias, Fabiana1 |
| Instituciones: | 1Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul, Realeza, Santa Catarina. Brasil 2Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Botucatu. Brasil 3Universidade Paulista, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Botucatu, São Paulo. Brasil |
| Año: | 2022 |
| Volumen: | 64 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Resumen en inglés | 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. |
| Keyword: | Epidemiology. Occupational disease, Public health, Zoonosis |
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