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标题：Prevalence of anti-Rift-Valley-fever IgM antibody in abattoir workers in the Nile delta during the 1993 outbreak in Egypt.
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作者：R. Abu-Elyazeed ; S. el-Sharkawy ; J. Olson 等
期刊名称：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
印刷版ISSN：0042-9686
出版年度：1996
卷号：74
期号：2
页码：155-158
语种：English
出版社：World Health Organisation
摘要：In the early summer of 1993, an outbreak of Rift Valley fever (RVF) was reported among both humans and animals in Aswan Governorate, Upper Egypt. To determine whether RVF infection had spread to the Nile delta region of the country, we carried out a cross-sectional survey of 1181 occupationally exposed abattoir workers (97% male; age 10-72 years) in 15 governorates of Egypt in November 1993. The overall prevalence of anti-RVF virus IgM antibody was 2% (range: 0% (7 governorates) to 10%). The highest prevalences were in Ismailia (10%) and Sharqîya (8%) Governorates. None of the seropositive subjects reported having experienced an episode of fever in the 2 months prior to the study. The prevalence of antibody was significantly higher (P < 0.05) among workers employed in high-risk jobs such as cutting animals' throats (relative risk (RR = 2.24)) and handling animal parts (RR = 2.37). The findings suggest that abattoir workers represent a useful sentinel population for surveillance of RVF. Full text Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (535K), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References . 155 156 157 158