Epidemiological analysis of brucellosis in Jinzhou City, China, 2001-2015 / 中国人兽共患病学报

We analyzed the epidemiological characteristics of brucellosis in Jinzhou from 2001 to 2015 and provided scientific evidence for the development of prevention and control measures.The descriptive epidemiological analysis was conducted on the incidence data and surveillance result of human brucellosis in Jinzhou during that period.We also conducted correlation analysis of positive rate(sera agglutination titers) and incidence rate of human brucellosis in Jinzhou City.The prevalence of human brucellosis in Jinzhou during 2001-2015 was 0.45/100 000 to 16.53/100 000.The surveillance results showed that the reporting time of human brucellosis case mainly concentrated in March to July,accounting for 66.89％ of the total.In 2003-2015,5 904 blood samples were collected from risk population.Totally,296 were positive for Brucella (5.01％) by sera agglutination titers.From 2007,63 strains of Brucella were isolated from 136 blood samples in which 48 were Brucella melitensis type 3,12 were Brucella melitensis type 1,2 were Brucella melitensis variation type and 1 was Brucella canis.Human brucellosis cases in Jinzhou City is upward trend in recent years and the predominant strain circulated was Brucella melitensis type 3.The situation of dogs carrying Brucella should be given a certain view,and timely elimination of sick dogs should be implemented.

TrxR2 gene polymorphisms may not be associated with the susceptibility to Kashin-Beck disease / 南方医科大学学报

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms of thioredoxin reductase-2 (TrxR2) gene and the susceptibility to Kashin-Beck disease (KBD).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) was used to analyze the genotype frequencies of rs5748469 in TrxR2 gene in 84 KBD patients and 109 healthy control subjects.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The genotype frequencies of A/A, A/C, and C/C in the KBD patients were 83.33%, 15.48% and 1.19%, as compared with the frequencies of 74.31%, 25.69%, and 0.00% in the healthy control, respectively, showing no significant difference in the single nucleotide polymorphisms of TrxR2 gene between the two groups (P=0.13).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>No obvious correlation can be found between rs5748469 polymorphisms in TrxR2 gene and the susceptibility to KBD.</p>