Titre : | Seroprevalence of brucellosis among high risk people in Northern Jordan. (1996) |
Auteurs : | M.N. ABO-SHEHADA ; M. ABU-ESSUD ; N. ABUHARFEIL ; J.S. ODEH |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | International journal of epidemiology (vol. 25, n° 2, 1996) |
Pagination : | 450-454 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Brucellose ; Bactériose ; Infection ; Epidémiologie ; Prévalence ; Homme ; Jordanie ; Asie ; Métier ; Age ; Durée exposition ; Sexe |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST yIa2BR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background. Brucellosis is considered the most important zoonosis in Jordan with high prevalence among man and livestock. Methods. This study was carried out on high risk people in 1992 in order to assess the seroprevalence of brucellosis in northern Jordan. The sera of 1236 individuals (636 at high risk and 600 controls) were evaluated using the Rose Bengal plate agglutination test (RBPT) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA-IgG) tests. Results. A significantly (P |