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OJVRTM
Online Journal of Veterinary
Research©
Volume 22 (5):402-408,
2018.
Incidence of
Brucellosis in humans (Iraq 2006-2016).
Wasan
Salman1, Nagham M. Al‐Gburi2
1Communicable Disease
Control Center, 2Zoonotic
Diseases Unit, College of Veterinary Medicine, Baghdad University, Iraq
E-mail: drvet2011@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
Salman W, Nagham
MA., Incidence of Brucellosis in humans (Iraq 2006-2016), Onl
J Vet Res.,
22 (5):402-408, 2018. Authors report incidence of Brucellosis
in humans in Iraq from 2006 to 2016. We found an annual incidence rate (IR) in 23 of
100,000 subjects in 2010 which had reduced to 2.43 of 100,000 by 2016. Thyqar province had lowest percentage (0.32%) followed by
Basra, Najaf and Missan whereas Salah-Alddin had highest incidence 19.7% followed by Sulaymaniah, Nineva and Arbil. By season, most cases were detected
during summer (36.25%), but less in winter (13.71%). Males had consistently higher IR in all years (64.74%)
compared with 35.26% in Females. By age 15–44 years old had the highest
percentage 32.80% butless than 1 year olds had lowest
incidence (0.52%). We find a large decrease in incidence of Brucellosis in
humans in Iraq since 2010 probably due to reduced Brucella spp in animals.
Keywords: Incidence, Human Brucellosis, Iraq.