Seroprevalance of rickettsioses among healthy individuals in Mersin province, Turkey
<p><strong>Objective:</strong> Studies relevant to rikettsial biology, its pathogenesis and diagnosis have increase due to the increase of rickettsioses incidents in the world, particularly over the the past two decades. We investigated the seroprevalence of the ricketsia disease...
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| author | İlker Alakus Elif Şahin Horasan Ahmet Öner Kurt Güliz Evik Gülden Ersöz Gönül Aslan Ali Kaya |
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| description | <p><strong>Objective:</strong> Studies relevant to rikettsial biology, its pathogenesis and diagnosis have increase due to the increase of rickettsioses incidents in the world, particularly over the the past two decades. We investigated the seroprevalence of the ricketsia disease in the Mersin province of Turkey. <strong>Methods: </strong>This study included 450 healthy individuals aged 5 years and over, who had attended family health centers in Mersin city center. Serum samples collected during November 2011 were evaluated. Rickettsia antibody assays were used indirect immunofluorescenc techniques. </p><p>Data were analyzed using a descriptive analysis, the Chi-Square Test and the Student T Test for comparison of variables. <strong>Results:</strong> The prevelance of ricketsia positivity was determined as 9.8%. The seropositivities were higher in males, in the unemployed, in the occupational risk groups, in people who live in rural regions, in people who work in gardens/farms, in picnickers, in countryside walkers, in hunters, in owners of livestock, in people with no history of rash diseases. When the relationship of spotted fever group (SFG) seropositivity the risk factors was investigated, there was no statistical significance.<strong> </strong><strong>Conclusion: </strong>According to our study rickettsial disease is detected in Mersin and it was seen that the rickettsiosis disease need for more comprehensive studies to show the prevalence in all of Turkey.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Rickettsioses, seroprevelance, antibodies</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8923e4931c00479b9f2f768370e7b7772023-02-15T16:21:54ZengTurkish Society of Public Health SpecialistsTurkish Journal of Public Health1304-10881304-10962016-12-01143128134146Seroprevalance of rickettsioses among healthy individuals in Mersin province, Turkeyİlker Alakus0Elif Şahin Horasan1Ahmet Öner Kurt2Güliz Evik3Gülden Ersöz4Gönül Aslan5Ali Kaya6mersin üniversitesimersin üniversitesimersin üniversitesimersin üniversitesimersin üniversitesimersin üniversitesimersin üniversitesi<p><strong>Objective:</strong> Studies relevant to rikettsial biology, its pathogenesis and diagnosis have increase due to the increase of rickettsioses incidents in the world, particularly over the the past two decades. We investigated the seroprevalence of the ricketsia disease in the Mersin province of Turkey. <strong>Methods: </strong>This study included 450 healthy individuals aged 5 years and over, who had attended family health centers in Mersin city center. Serum samples collected during November 2011 were evaluated. Rickettsia antibody assays were used indirect immunofluorescenc techniques. </p><p>Data were analyzed using a descriptive analysis, the Chi-Square Test and the Student T Test for comparison of variables. <strong>Results:</strong> The prevelance of ricketsia positivity was determined as 9.8%. The seropositivities were higher in males, in the unemployed, in the occupational risk groups, in people who live in rural regions, in people who work in gardens/farms, in picnickers, in countryside walkers, in hunters, in owners of livestock, in people with no history of rash diseases. When the relationship of spotted fever group (SFG) seropositivity the risk factors was investigated, there was no statistical significance.<strong> </strong><strong>Conclusion: </strong>According to our study rickettsial disease is detected in Mersin and it was seen that the rickettsiosis disease need for more comprehensive studies to show the prevalence in all of Turkey.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Rickettsioses, seroprevelance, antibodies</p>https://tjph.org/ojs/index.php/TJPH/article/view/564rickettsioses, seroprevelance, antibodies |
| spellingShingle | İlker Alakus Elif Şahin Horasan Ahmet Öner Kurt Güliz Evik Gülden Ersöz Gönül Aslan Ali Kaya Seroprevalance of rickettsioses among healthy individuals in Mersin province, Turkey Turkish Journal of Public Health rickettsioses, seroprevelance, antibodies |
| title | Seroprevalance of rickettsioses among healthy individuals in Mersin province, Turkey |
| title_full | Seroprevalance of rickettsioses among healthy individuals in Mersin province, Turkey |
| title_fullStr | Seroprevalance of rickettsioses among healthy individuals in Mersin province, Turkey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Seroprevalance of rickettsioses among healthy individuals in Mersin province, Turkey |
| title_short | Seroprevalance of rickettsioses among healthy individuals in Mersin province, Turkey |
| title_sort | seroprevalance of rickettsioses among healthy individuals in mersin province turkey |
| topic | rickettsioses, seroprevelance, antibodies |
| url | https://tjph.org/ojs/index.php/TJPH/article/view/564 |
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