Trout D, Gomez T M, Bernard B P, Mueller C A, Smith C G, Hunter L, Kiefer M
North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, USA.
J Occup Environ Med. 1995 Jun;37(6):697-703. doi: 10.1097/00043764-199506000-00011.
In 1992, the North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources received 18 case reports of brucellosis from a county health department. All patients had potential exposure to the kill floor of one pork processing plant. A subsequent National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health health hazard evaluation surveyed 154 (99%) of 156 kill floor workers of this plant and found that 30 (19%) had evidence of recent (or persistent) brucellosis. These data show that significant exposure to Brucella is occurring among packing plant workers in North Carolina and suggest that some of the approximately 38,000 production workers in pork processing plants in the United States are at risk of contracting swine brucellosis. Additional measures may need to be taken to prevent occupational exposure to Brucella.
1992年，北卡罗来纳州环境、健康与自然资源部收到了来自一个县卫生部门的18例布鲁氏菌病病例报告。所有患者都有可能接触过一家猪肉加工厂的屠宰车间。随后，美国国家职业安全与健康研究所进行的一项健康危害评估对该工厂156名屠宰车间工人中的154名（99%）进行了调查，发现30名（19%）有近期（或持续性）布鲁氏菌病的证据。这些数据表明，北卡罗来纳州的肉类加工厂工人中存在大量布鲁氏菌暴露情况，这表明美国约3.8万名猪肉加工厂生产工人中的一些人有感染猪布鲁氏菌病的风险。可能需要采取额外措施来预防职业性接触布鲁氏菌。
