[Professional brucellosis and endemic brucellosis in a given area].
An epidemiological survey was carried out in an area where there is an abattoir/canning factory in which a recrudescence of cases of professional brucellosis was observed: whilst there had been 29 cases of brucellosis in 8 years, 10 cases were confirmed in 1970. Our survey had underlined a brucellosis endemy in the population of that area: 32.50% of the patients had agglutinating or complement-fixing antibodies (698 people were examined). Results obtained have brought us to discuss the professional origin of brucellosis.
D000003:Abattoirs; D000328:Adult; D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000917:Antibody Formation; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D005525:Food-Processing Industry; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*
Brucelloses professionnelles et etat endémique brucellien dans une même région