Epidemiological features of human brucellosis in Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia province, China: a cross-sectional study over an 11-year period (2007-2017).

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe the epidemiology of human brucellosis in the past decade and provide evidence of disease control in Tongliao city, which is one of the highest-risk areas of human brucellosis in Inner Mongolia province, China.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Participants

Clinically and bacteriologically confirmed human brucellosis cases.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

An analysis of the reported cases of human brucellosis during 2007-2017 was carried out to describe the age, sex and occupational distributions of the cases. The time series analysis model and the geographical information system were explored to describe the seasonality and spatiotemporal distribution, respectively, at the county level.

Results

A total of 13 938 cases of human b

SUBMITTER: Li D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6955466 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature