title: Screening of household family members of brucellosis cases and neighboring community members in Azerbaijan.
abstract: Brucellosis is an endemic zoonotic disease in Azerbaijan. The first human brucellosis case reported in 1922 was in Pardabil village of a region currently named Shabran. Household members of brucellosis index cases are a population at risk for brucellosis infection. The purpose of this study was to determine the rate of seropositivity of brucellosis among household and neighboring community members of brucellosis index cases in Azerbaijan. Twenty-one household members of 8 index brucellosis cases and 27 community neighbors were serologically tested for evidence of exposure by the serum agglutination test. Of these, the brucellosis seropositivity rate was 9.5% and 7.4%, respectively. Screening of household members of index cases and individuals who live in proximity to infected household members is a practical approach to increase the detection of brucellosis exposure.
authors.affiliation: Republican Anti-Plague Station, Baku, Azerbaijan. rita2202@rambler.ru
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ismayilova
authors.forename: Rupal
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mody
authors.forename: Rakif
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abdullayev
authors.forename: Kamala
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Amirova
authors.forename: Latafat
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jabbarova
authors.forename: Narmin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ustun
authors.forename: Musa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jahanov
authors.forename: Emilya
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nasirova
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Powers
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rivard
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hepburn
authors.forename: Christian T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Bautista
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D001382:Azerbaijan / Q000453:epidemiology; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial