Sampling survey on brucellosis among farmers and their families in Ille-et-Vilaine (Brittany).
A three-stage sampling survey among farmers and their families living on farms in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine gave the following results: Among 490 persons examined 313 (64 per cent) showed a positive skin test and 105 (21 per cent) a positive serological reaction; 88 of the 105 patients ignored their health status, although 45 of these presented clinical symptoms (nine per cent). This survey is continuing in order to study the non-respondents and to better analyse the epidemiological situation at a farm level.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000383:Agriculture; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D005602:France; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012423:Rural Health; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012882:Skin Tests