Author/Authors :
Ghomashlooyan، Mohsen نويسنده School of Medicine,Department of Parasitology and Mycology,Isfahan University of Medical Sciences,Isfahan,Iran , , Azami، Mehdi نويسنده Skin Diseases and Leishmania Research Center, School of Medicine,Isfahan University of Medical Sciences,Isfahan,Iran , , Mohaghegh، Mohammad Ali نويسنده School of Medicine,Department of Parasitology and Mycology,Isfahan University of Medical Sciences,Isfahan,Iran , , Hadipour، Mahboobeh نويسنده School of Medicine,Department of Parasitology and Mycology,Isfahan University of Medical Sciences,Isfahan,Iran , , Jahani، Somayeh نويسنده Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center,Zahedan University of Medical Sciences,Zahedan,Iran , , Hejazi، Hossein نويسنده School of Medicine, Skin Diseases and Leishmania Research Center,Department of Parasitology and Mycology,Isfahan University of Medical Sciences,Isfahan,Iran , , Moradzadeh، Fereshteh نويسنده Department of Cellular and Molecullar Biology,Nour Danesh Institute of Higher Education,Isfahan,Iran , , Barahimi، Ahmadreza نويسنده School of Medicine,Department of Medical Mycology,Tarbiat Modares University,Tehran,Iran ,
Abstract :
Brucellosis, also called Malta fever, is a highly contagious zoonosis caused by ingestion of unpasteurized milk or undercooked meat from infected animals, or close contact with their secretions. Brucella species are small, Gramnegative, nonmotile, nonsporeforming, rodshaped (coccobacilli) bacteria. The aim of this study is to perform an evaluation of Isfahan inhabitant attitude about brucellosis and its common herbal treatment. This evaluation was a simple random sample study, which was carried out on 162 people in the city of Isfahan, Iran, by means of questionnaires. The data was analyzed using SPSS for Windows (Version 21.0). Of 162 people that were interviewed, 90 (55.6%) patients were male and the other were female. Of these, 74 (45.7%) patients were single and 88 (54.3%) were married. Fortythree (26.5%) participants lived in the city. The average age of participants was 11.51 ± 29.11 years. There is no significant relationship between age, gender, education level, residence, and people familiar with the disease brucellosis, herbal treatment for brucellosis (P amp;gt; 0.05). Our data suggest that the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of people in Isfahan, Iran, show no relationship with the attitude of individuals regarding brucellosis and towards common herbal treatments for the disease.
