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ArticleOne health (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2018

First case-control study of zoonotic brucellosis in Gafsa district, Southwest Tunisia.

Médiha Khamassi Khbou, Samaher Htira, Kaouther Harabech, M'hammed Benzarti

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Article in One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Médiha Khamassi KhbouLaboratoire des Maladies Contagieuses, Univ. Manouba, Institut de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement Supérieur Agricoles, Ecole Nationale de Médecine Vétérinaire de Sidi Thabet, 2020 Sidi Thabet, Tunisia.
Samaher HtiraLaboratoire des Maladies Contagieuses, Univ. Manouba, Institut de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement Supérieur Agricoles, Ecole Nationale de Médecine Vétérinaire de Sidi Thabet, 2020 Sidi Thabet, Tunisia.
Kaouther HarabechDirection des Soins de Santé de Base, Ministère de la Santé, 32 rue du Khartoum, Tunis, Belvédère. Tunisia.
M'hammed BenzartiLaboratoire des Maladies Contagieuses, Univ. Manouba, Institut de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement Supérieur Agricoles, Ecole Nationale de Médecine Vétérinaire de Sidi Thabet, 2020 Sidi Thabet, Tunisia.
Institution de la Recherche et de l’Enseignement Supérieur Agricoles · TNMinistère de la Santé · TN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A case-control study was conducted, aimed to describe the clinical human brucellosis (CHB) pattern during 2015 in the Gafsa region (Southwest Tunisia) and to investigate the main risk factors involved in the disease occurrence. One hundred and four CHB cases were notified in 2015 in Gafsa district. All CHB cases that own ruminants were contacted, but only 32 accepted to participate in a matched case-control study. Thirty-two and thirty-one CHB cases and controls, respectively, were included in the study. The subjects were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. A total of 662 domestic ruminants (cattle, sheep and goats) belonging to cases and controls, were screened using the Rose Bengal Test, as recommended by the World Organisation of Animal Health. During 2015, the incidence of CHB was estimated to 30.8 per 100,000 inhabitants affecting mainly males aged between 30 and 39 years. The overall animal seropositivity to

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AbortionClinical human brucellosisRisk factorsRuminantsTunisia

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