Prevalence of Human Brucellosis among Abattoir’s Workers and Brucella Laboratories Workers in Khartoum State

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%)