Occupational exposure to < i > Brucella < /i >  spp.: A systematic review and meta-analysis

by Carine Rodrigues Pereira, Jo ão Vitor Fernandes Cotrim de Almeida, Izabela Regina Cardoso de Oliveira, Luciana Faria de Oliveira, Luciano José Pereira, Márcio Gilberto Zangerônimo, Andrey Pereira Lage, Elaine Maria Seles Dorneles Brucellosis is a neglected zoonotic disease of remarkable importance worldwide. The focus of this systematic review was to investigate occupational brucellosis and to identify the main infection risks for each group exposed to the pathogen. Seven databases were used to identify papers related to o ccupational brucellosis: CABI, Cochrane, Pubmed, Scielo, Science Direct, Scopus and Web of Science. The search resulted in 6123 studies, of which 63 were selected using the quality assessment tools guided from National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Case Report Guidelines (CARE). Five different job- related groups were considered greatly exposed to the disease: rural workers, abattoir workers, veterinarians and veterinary assistants, laboratory workers and hunters. The main risk factors and exposure sources involved in the occupational infection observed from the analysis of the articles were d irect contact with animal fluids, failure to comply with the use of personal protective equipment, accidental exposure to live attenuated anti-brucellosis vaccines and non-compliance with biosafety standards.Brucella species frequently isolated from job-related infection wereBrucella melitensis,Brucella abortus,Brucella suis andBrucella canis. In addition, a ...
Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases - Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Source Type: research