title: Investigation of zoonotic infections in risk groups in Ordu University Hospital, Turkey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Zoonotic diseases, which are a major public health problem in our city, have a negative impact on public health and also cause economic losses due to yield losses of animals and deaths. This study was carried out to determine the seroprevalence of tularemia, bartonellosis, brucellosis, Q fever, and cystic echinococcosis in the risk groups for zoonotic infection.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety serum samples were taken from people in the risk groups in covering veterinarian, butchers, farmers and examined with the following tests: Microagglutination test for tularemia, indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) for bartonellosis, standard tube agglutination test for brucellosis, IFAT IgG for Q fever, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay IgG test for cystic hydatid.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Chi-square analysis was used to assess, and the logistic regression analysis was used to identify the risk factors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The analyzed all serum samples were found to be seronegative for tularemia, bartonellosis, and hydatid cyst antibodies. When analyzed for Coxiella burnetii with IgG antibody titers, it was determined that 23 samples (25.6%) were seropositivity. When brucellosis was analyzed with serological tests for Brucella, it was positive in seven samples (7.8%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this study, examined in the risk groups in which it is located along black sea coast of Turkey for tularemia, bartonellosis, and hydatid cysts, seropositivity was not found. When Brucella was tested, 7.8% was found to be positive, and when analyzed in terms of Q fever, 25.6% of people were determined to be seropositive. In conclusion, in our region, Q fever seropositivity was found to be higher in the risk groups. Therefore, most of the zoonotic disease look like not so common in the region, out of tularemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cetinkol
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ö
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Enginyurt
authors.affiliation: National Tularemia Reference Laboratory, Public Health Institution of Turkey, Refik Saydam Campus, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Çelebi
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Yıldırım
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Çankaya
authors.affiliation: Kuşadası Universal Hospital, Medical Microbiology, Aydın, Turkey.
authors.forename: O C
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: Aktepe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D002002:Brucella; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D016997:Coxiella burnetii; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005334:Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011778:Q Fever / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D014406:Tularemia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial