Serotesting of Human Brucellosis on Wider Area of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The study involved 286 individuals from different regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose sera were tested in the Laboratory for specific diagnosis of human brucellosis in Microbiology Department of Medical Faculty of University in Sarajevo, during the period from 2000. to 2003. Sera were tested u...
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| author | Sadeta Hamzić Edina Bešagić Šukrija Zvizdić Mufida Aljičević Omer Bešlagić Sandra Puvačić |
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The study involved 286 individuals from different regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose sera were tested in the Laboratory for specific diagnosis of human brucellosis in Microbiology Department of Medical Faculty of University in Sarajevo, during the period from 2000. to 2003. Sera were tested using Brucelloslide Test, qualitative agglutination test Rose Bengal. Using the agglutination test, we serologically confirmed a diagnosis of human brucellosis in 59 (20.62%) seropositive individuals, whereof 38 (64.40%) men and 21 (35.60%) women. Individuals with human brucellosis were the most present in the age group of 31-40 (22.03%) and 41-50 (22.03%). One serologically confirmed death case was registered. The most seropositive individuals were from Zenica-Doboj Canton (32.20%), Sarajevo Canton (28.82%), Herzegovina-Neretva Canton (23.73%), Central Bosnia Canton (13.55%) and Una-Sana Canton (1.70%). During our four-year study, it was serologically confirmed that human brucellosis is present in Bosnia and Herzegovina and, through seropositive testing, we revealed the level of general exposition to Brucella spp. on wider area of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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| spelling | doaj.art-382788300bee41b5a70bec51de493afa2024-03-15T14:44:11ZengAssociation of Basic Medical Sciences of Federation of Bosnia and HerzegovinaBiomolecules & Biomedicine2831-08962831-090X2005-08-015310.17305/bjbms.2005.3270762Serotesting of Human Brucellosis on Wider Area of Bosnia and HerzegovinaSadeta Hamzić0Edina Bešagić1Šukrija Zvizdić2Mufida Aljičević3Omer Bešlagić4Sandra Puvačić5Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of SarajevoDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of SarajevoDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of SarajevoDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of SarajevoDepartment of Patophysiology, School of Medicine, University of SarajevoInstitute of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Sarajevo The study involved 286 individuals from different regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose sera were tested in the Laboratory for specific diagnosis of human brucellosis in Microbiology Department of Medical Faculty of University in Sarajevo, during the period from 2000. to 2003. Sera were tested using Brucelloslide Test, qualitative agglutination test Rose Bengal. Using the agglutination test, we serologically confirmed a diagnosis of human brucellosis in 59 (20.62%) seropositive individuals, whereof 38 (64.40%) men and 21 (35.60%) women. Individuals with human brucellosis were the most present in the age group of 31-40 (22.03%) and 41-50 (22.03%). One serologically confirmed death case was registered. The most seropositive individuals were from Zenica-Doboj Canton (32.20%), Sarajevo Canton (28.82%), Herzegovina-Neretva Canton (23.73%), Central Bosnia Canton (13.55%) and Una-Sana Canton (1.70%). During our four-year study, it was serologically confirmed that human brucellosis is present in Bosnia and Herzegovina and, through seropositive testing, we revealed the level of general exposition to Brucella spp. on wider area of Bosnia and Herzegovina. https://www.bjbms.org/ojs/index.php/bjbms/article/view/3270Brucellahuman brucellosisserodiagnosisBosnia and Herzegovina |
| spellingShingle | Sadeta Hamzić Edina Bešagić Šukrija Zvizdić Mufida Aljičević Omer Bešlagić Sandra Puvačić Serotesting of Human Brucellosis on Wider Area of Bosnia and Herzegovina Biomolecules & Biomedicine Brucella human brucellosis serodiagnosis Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| title | Serotesting of Human Brucellosis on Wider Area of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| title_full | Serotesting of Human Brucellosis on Wider Area of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| title_fullStr | Serotesting of Human Brucellosis on Wider Area of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| title_full_unstemmed | Serotesting of Human Brucellosis on Wider Area of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| title_short | Serotesting of Human Brucellosis on Wider Area of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| title_sort | serotesting of human brucellosis on wider area of bosnia and herzegovina |
| topic | Brucella human brucellosis serodiagnosis Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| url | https://www.bjbms.org/ojs/index.php/bjbms/article/view/3270 |
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