[Zoonotic brucellosis risk associated with clandestine slaughtered porks].
To determine the sanitary risk to human health, 59 sera samples of clandestine slaughtered porks were examined through serologic procedures and have demonstrated to have anti-Brucella antibodies and antibodies titles suggestive of brucellosis infection. Surveillance measurements are recommended to prevent potential risk of zoonotic infection.
Freitas Jd
Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias do Pará, Belém, PA, Brasil.
Galindo
G A
GA
Santos
E J
EJ
Sarraf Kd
Oliveira
J P
JP
D000003:Abattoirs; D000818:Animals; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary*; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000635:transmission*; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology*