Seroprevalence of Brucellosis, Leptospirosis, and Q Fever among Butchers and Slaughterhouse Workers in South-Eastern Iran.

Zoonotic diseases can be occupational hazards to people who work in close contact with animals or their carcasses. In this cross-sectional study, 190 sera were collected from butchers and slaughterhouse workers in different regions of the Sistan va Baluchestan province, in Iran in 2011. A questionna...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Saber Esmaeili, Saied Reza Naddaf, Behzad Pourhossein, Abdolrazagh Hashemi Shahraki, Fahimeh Bagheri Amiri, Mohammad Mehdi Gouya, Ehsan Mostafavi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4701462?pdf=render