关键词: 人间布鲁氏菌病, 血清学, 疫情, 监测

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the epidemic situation, prevalence, epidemic trend, and control of human brucellosis in Shaya county of Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. Methods Different groups of people over 6 years of age were selected by stratified sampling in the study. Blood samples were collected from the individuals with suspicious clinical symptoms and in close contact with livestock to perform laboratory test. Positive rate and prevalence rate were compared between groups by chi-square test. Results A total of 4003 subjects were investigated, and 1903 of them underwent serological testing. Through three years, the mean positive rate in blood tests was 1.52%, and the mean prevalence rate was 0.45%. Veterinarians had the highest positive rate in blood tests (2.86%) and prevalence rate (2.36%). Conclusion Sheep is the source of infection of brucellosis in Shaya county. Omission of cases often occurs. Epidemiological investigation and serological testing can be performed by standard tube agglutination test and Rose Bengal plate test.

Key words: Human brucellosis, Serology, Epidemic situation, Monitoring