ISSN: 2639-2038
Authors: Adham D, Abasi R, Abazari M, Ghorbani E, Ataey A and Moradi-Asl E*
Brucellosis is a chronic and infectious zoonosis disease which is reported in many developing countries, including Iran. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and incidence rate of brucellosis in the Ardabil County. In this descriptive study, all patients with brucellosis who were identified and treated were studied during the year 2013-2017. Individual information and some epidemiologic parameters of the patient were collected and analyzed by using SPSS 23 software. 372 cases in Ardabil county was identified and treated that 56.2 % were mail and 43.8 % female. 64 % of patients located in rural and 36 % in urban areas. The highest morbidity rate was observed in animal husbandry and farmer (32%) and followed by housekeeping (20.4%). In this study, the incidence of brucellosis was 2-33 /100,000 for over 5 years that increased from 2013 to 2017. According to the results of this study, the incidence of disease in the Ardebil County was moderate and in rural areas with husbandry and farmer, more was more than urban areas, therefore, it has to be planned in the field of education for the prevention of disease in rural areas
Keywords: Brucellosis; Epidemiology; Incidence; Ardebil; Iran
