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Haldun Sümer1, Zeynep Sümer, Ahmet Alim
1Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, 58140-Sivas, Turkey. hsumer@cumhuriyet.edu.tr
Abstract:
Brucellosis is a widespread infectious disease in the mid-Anatolia regions of Turkey. This study investigated the prevalence of Brucella infection in elderly people of this region. In total, 750 elderly subjects were chosen by a simple random-sampling method. Blood samples were evaluated by the Brucella Wright agglutination test. Brucella seropositivity was detected in 24 (3.2%) of the 750 subjects. Although there was no statistical correlation between Brucella seropositivity and sex or educational level (p > 0.05), seropositivity was statistically significant with subjects exposed to risk factors (p < 0.001). It is concluded that Brucella infection is still an important public-health problem in the cities of mid-Anatolia.
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