Human brucellosis in personnel of a slaughter-house of the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101972000200005Keywords:
Brucellosis, human, Occupapational health, SorologyAbstract
Human Brucellosis, from the point of view of its serologic, occupational and clinic aspects, was studied in a slaughter-house personnel at the Salvador city, State of Bahia, Brazil. Sorologic test showed 10.58% frequency, as a characteristic aspect of work time. So, 55.55% of positive cases were more than 5 years old at the same activity, with the type of work as a remarkable aspect. At hog and gut sectors, a positivity of 33.33% and 30.00% was found. Clinical symptoms, beside his subjectivity and the fashion that it was performed in a apparently health community, were much more frequent between the positive ones. The necessity of to know the amount of population exposed risk is emphasized, as a possibility of detection of real brucellosis prevalence at the region.Downloads
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1972-06-01
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Spinola, A. G., & Costa, M. D. de M. (1972). Human brucellosis in personnel of a slaughter-house of the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil . Revista De Saúde Pública, 6(2), 157-165. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101972000200005