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2006, Cilt 20, Sayı 1, Sayfa(lar) 023-026
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THE SEROPREVALENCE OF BRUCELLOSIS AND DISEASE-RELATED KNOWLEDGE-ATTITUDE OF THE POPULATION IN OVAKENT, TIRE-IZMIR
Çağrı BÜKE1, Meltem ÇİÇEKLİOĞLU2, Meral TÜRK2, Sabri ATALAY1, Mürşide TUNÇEL1
1Ege Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Klinik Mikrobiyoloji ve İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, İzmir
2Ege Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Halk Sağlığı Anabilim Dalı, İzmir
Keywords: Brucellosis, dairy producers, seroprevalence

The aim of this study was to determine the sero-prevalence of brucellosis and the knowledge and attitude of a group of milk and dairy producers. Cross sectional analytic study was performed in Ovakent-Tire, İzmir, between April and June 2003. Among the population 293 persons older than 15 years of 5137 was included considering with a prevalence of brucellosis as 8%. Out of 293. 257 persons (87.7%) were reached. A questionnaire was given out to determine the knowledge and behavior related to brucellosis and then serum samples were taken to measure antibodies to brucella. In 18 (7.0%) brucella agglutinin test was found above titer 1/160. In the population 51% livestock or cattle and 47.1% was milk producers. The seropositivity to brucella was higher in the group of milk producers (p =0.028). The consumption of milk without boiling and fresh cheese were 3.9% and 39.3%, respectively. It is concluded that it is important to increase the knowledge on the ways of spread of and protection against brucellosis in order to prevent and eradicate the disease in animals.

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