Gálvez Vargas R, Rodríguez Martín A, Rodríguez-Contreras Pelayo R, Delgado Rodríguez M
Cátedra de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Granada.
Med Clin (Barc). 1991 Apr 20;96(15):570-2.
Brucellosis is a health problem in the Granada province. The major aim of the present study was to evaluate the professional risk to acquire brucellosis in Granada.
An epidemiologic study where the cases of brucellosis were found by active search was carried out. The study period was the year 1984. The patients (overall 804) were investigated in their residence area with a questionnaire where the major risk factors were considered.
The disease was more common in males than in females (RR = 3); it had a significant tendency to increase with decreasing sizes of the urban nucleus (chi MH = 16.9, p less than 0.0001); and it had a significant relationship with the proportion of peasants and cattle workers in the region (r = 0.66, p less than 0.05). The professional group with the highest risk were veterinaries, in whom the disease was 31 times more common than in the rest of the population.
Emphasis is made, in addition to other points, on the need to increase health education in the groups of more affected professionals.
布鲁氏菌病是格拉纳达省的一个健康问题。本研究的主要目的是评估格拉纳达从事相关职业感染布鲁氏菌病的风险。
开展一项流行病学研究，通过主动搜索发现布鲁氏菌病病例。研究时间段为1984年。对804名患者在其居住地区进行调查，采用一份考虑了主要危险因素的问卷。
该病在男性中比在女性中更常见（相对危险度=3）；随着城市核心区域规模减小，发病有显著增加趋势（曼-惠特尼检验χ=16.9，p<0.0001）；并且与该地区农民和畜牧工人的比例有显著关系（r=0.66，p<0.05）。风险最高的职业群体是兽医，兽医中该病的发病率比其他人群高31倍。
除其他要点外，强调有必要加强对受影响更严重的职业群体的健康教育。
