The Survey of Brucellosis in Suspicious Patients Who Referred to a Medical Diagnostic Laboratory in Neyshabur, Northeast of Iran (2010-2015)

Authors
Somayeh Najafi
Mohammad Salehi
Abstract
Introduction and Aims

Brucellosis is an important disease caused by Brucella species and is a zoonotic disease. Since Iran has focused the majority of livestock in rural areas, the epidemiological studies seems to be necessary in cities with most villages. We aim to survey the brucellosis in suspicious patients who referred to a medical diagnostic laboratory in Neyshabur from 2010 to 2015.

Materials and Methods

This study was cross sectional-descriptive. In this epidemiological study, the required information of all patients who were suspected by physicians (2010-2015) was extracted over the last 5 years by laboratory software and the collected data were analyzed by using SPSS.

Results

According to Wright’s test, the prevalence of brucellosis was 6.76% in this study. Patients had the titers of 1.80, 1.40 and 1.40 for Wright, 2-Mercapto ethanol (2ME) and Coombs tests respectively. Most participants were in the age group of 41-50 years and 34.1% were male.

Conclusions

According to results, Neyshabur has categorized in the areas with high outbreak in the country that should be considered as priorities of local health networks for training and necessary acts.



* Corresponding Author: Medical Diagnostic Laboratory of Neyshabour, Center of Medical, Pathological and Genetic Diagnostic Services.

Email: Mohammadsalehi73@Gmail.com
Keywords
epidemiological studies
Prevalence
brucellosis
Iran
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