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Epidemiology of human brucellosis in a defined area of Northwestern Greece

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2005

I. AVDIKOU ,
V. MAIPA  and
Y. ALAMANOS
I. AVDIKOU
Affiliation:
University of Ioannina, Medical School, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Ioannina, Greece
V. MAIPA
Affiliation:
University of Ioannina, Medical School, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Ioannina, Greece
Y. ALAMANOS
Affiliation:
University of Ioannina, Medical School, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Ioannina, Greece
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Abstract

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Despite a European co-financial programme for control and eradication of brucellosis in Southern Europe, there is evidence that foci of brucellosis still exists in Greece and other Southern European countries. Human brucellosis cases are probably underreported in these countries. A local surveillance system was implemented in a defined region of Northwestern Greece, in order to record and study all human brucellosis cases, using several sources of retrieval. A total of 152 newly diagnosed cases were recorded during a 2-year study period (from 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2004). The age- and sex-adjusted mean annual incidence rate for the population of the study area was 17·3 cases/105 inhabitants. Incomplete application of the control and eradication programme in livestock, and the possible illegal trafficking of animals and their products across the Greek–Albanian border could be responsible for the persistence of foci of brucellosis in the area.

Type
Research Article
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 133 , Issue 5 , October 2005 , pp. 905 - 910
Copyright
2005 Cambridge University Press