بررسي اپيدميولوژي بيماري بروسلوز انساني و دامي در استان كردستان در سال 80-1376

Epidemiology of Human and Animal Brucellosis in Kurdistan Province in 1997-2001

Introduction: Brucellosis is one of the most important Zoonotic diseases. In this research human and animal cases of brucellosis in Kurdistan province since 1997-2001 were studied. Material and Methods: In this descriptive study, human and animal cases of brucellosis, which has been documented by standard definition, were investigated. Results: There were 1591 human cases, of which 51.5% were male and 48.5% female. Mean Incidence of brucellosis was 23.48/100000, of which ¼ of patients were from Bijar (27.8%) and another 40% from Ghorveh, Sanandaj and Divandarreh. The most common age group was 15-19 and about half of the patients were between 10-29 years old. Disease was more common among housewives (40%), students (20%) and farmers (16.5%). Seventy eight percent of patients were rural and 22% were urban. Human disease was more common during the first six months of year (66.5%). The most common transmission route of disease was direct contact with infected animals with concomitant use of infected animal products (48%). There were 1791 infected animals during these 5 years, of which 261 were cattle and 1530 were sheep and goats. Conclusion: In order to control this zoonotic disease, close cooperation of health and veterinary organizations is necessary.