title: Outbreak of Occupational Brucellosis at a Pharmaceutical Factory in Southeast China.
abstract: Brucellosis is an occupational disease affecting workers in butcher shops, the milking and dairy product industry, causing more than 500 000 new cases around the world. As a national statutory B infectious disease in China, morbidity of brucellosis is rapidly increasing in recent years. We report an occupational outbreak of brucellosis infection in a pharmaceutical factory. Exposure was a result of manual operation in the process line, close contact with sheep placentas, insufficient disinfection and repeated using of protective suits and infected by aerosol dissemination. Improved preventive methods, appropriate public health measures and spread of health education would be helpful to prevent the occupational outbreak of brucellosis in future.
authors.affiliation: Quzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Quzhou, China.
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Zhan
authors.affiliation: Quzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Quzhou, China.
authors.forename: S Q
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Quzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Quzhou, China.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: X G
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: Quzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Quzhou, China.
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.affiliation: Quzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Quzhou, China.
authors.forename: X L
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Quzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Quzhou, China.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: Quzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Quzhou, China.
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Quzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Quzhou, China.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Quzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Quzhou, China.
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Gong
mesh_terms: D002006:Brucellosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004345:Drug Industry; D006801:Humans; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D011481:Protective Clothing; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Occupational Outbreak; epidemiological investigation; human brucellosis; pharmaceutical factory