Abstract:
The main aim of this study was to investigate the
prevalence of human brucellosis among abattoir’s and
brucella-laboratory workers, Khartoum State, Sudan. The
study provided information about the epidemiology of the
disease among human subjects in the study area. A
serological survey of human brucellosis was carried out
from
July
to
August
2007.
Ninety
two
volunteer
participants (n= 92) were enrolled in the study. The
diagnosis of human brucellosis was based on Rose Bengal
Plate Test (RBPT) to screen the prevalence of antibrucella
antibodies. The Standard Agglutination Tests (SAT) was
used to confirm some negative samples obtained by the
screening test. The overall prevalence rate was found to
be 10.9% in human. Seventy subjects in this study were
males (76.1%) and 22 subjects (23.9%) were females.
Among male participants 7 subjects (10%) were positive,
while among females 3 subjects (13.6%) were positive.The highest prevalence rate was observed among those
who were 56 – 65 years including two infected subjects (40.0%)
