Email this article Investigation of a focus of brucellosis among animals and people in the Republic of Tatarstan
- Authors: Nazarova O.A.1, Khasanova G.R.1, Avdonina L.G.2,3, Sozinova J.M.4, Gilmullina F.S.1, Garipova I.D.4, Yakupova F.M.1,5, Nurutdinova A.R.1, Alekseeva E.I.1
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Affiliations:
- Kazan State Medical University
- Department of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare in the Republic of Tatarstan (Tatarstan)
- Kazan State Medical Academy — branch of the Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education
- Republican Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital named after Professor A.F. Agafonov
- Kazan Federal University
- Issue: Vol 29, No 2 (2024)
- Pages: 165-171
- Section: CASE REPORTS
- Submitted: 12.02.2024
- Accepted: 07.03.2024
- Published: 10.06.2024
- URL: https://rjeid.com/1560-9529/article/view/626812
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/EID626812
- ID: 626812
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Abstract
Over the past 3 years, the number of new cases of brucellosis has increased in the Russian Federation. Brucellosis remains an important problem in regions with developed livestock farming; however, cases of diseases in animals and humans can also be recorded in other regions.
The article describes an outbreak of brucellosis in a peasant farm affecting 148 heads of cattle and 4 farm employees in the Novosheshminsky municipal district of the Republic of Tatarstan. The disease was caused by Brucella abortus. Epizootic and epidemiological maps of the outbreak, sanitary and epidemiological survey activities, and sanitary and hygienic characteristics of the working conditions were analyzed. Data from the case histories of four peasant farm workers with brucellosis are also presented.
The most likely cause of the epizootic was the unauthorized import of cattle, and infections in humans were caused by noncompliance with working conditions and personal-protective measures by farm workers.
Brucellosis cases are more often recorded in endemic areas. However, with poor veterinary and sanitary control in any territory, epizootics are possible, which pose a danger in terms of damage to the national economy and possible infection in humans, primarily the professional risk groups. The disease does not have pathognomonic symptoms and can be suspected only if doctors are aware of them, evaluate the results of preliminary and periodic medical examinations with laboratory examinations of “at-risk” populations, and subject them to a thorough collection of epidemiological history.
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Olga A. Nazarova
Kazan State Medical University
Author for correspondence.
Email: nazarovaoa76@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9655-9316
SPIN-code: 4572-1180
MD, Cand. Sci. (Medicine)
Russian Federation, KazanGulshat R. Khasanova
Kazan State Medical University
Email: gulshatra@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1733-2576
SPIN-code: 6704-2840
MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Professor
Russian Federation, KazanLjubov’ G. Avdonina
Department of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare in the Republic of Tatarstan (Tatarstan); Kazan State Medical Academy — branch of the Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education
Email: Avdonina.LG@tatar.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0611-2102
SPIN-code: 5356-6617
Russian Federation, Kazan; Kazan
Julia M. Sozinova
Republican Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital named after Professor A.F. Agafonov
Email: sozin131@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0000-0126-8808
SPIN-code: 1207-0054
MD, Cand. Sci. (Medicine)
Russian Federation, KazanFayruza S. Gilmullina
Kazan State Medical University
Email: fayruza.gilmullina@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3015-8920
SPIN-code: 8620-0710
MD, Cand. Sci. (Medicine), Associate Professor
Russian Federation, KazanIl’gamija D. Garipova
Republican Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital named after Professor A.F. Agafonov
Email: ilgamiya69@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0009-0002-2674-2857
SPIN-code: 5391-0267
Russian Federation, Kazan
Farida M. Yakupova
Kazan State Medical University; Kazan Federal University
Email: faridaleto@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8416-0885
SPIN-code: 3840-7101
MD, Cand. Sci. (Medicine), Associate Professor
Russian Federation, Kazan; KazanAliya R. Nurutdinova
Kazan State Medical University
Email: a.nurutdinova00@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0004-1423-1691
SPIN-code: 3690-0354
Russian Federation, Kazan
Ekaterina I. Alekseeva
Kazan State Medical University
Email: katemuur@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0002-6095-1660
SPIN-code: 2054-9102
Russian Federation, Kazan
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