Seasonal dynamics response mechanism of benthic microbial community to artificial reef habitats.

Artificial reefs (ARs) have been globally deployed to enhance and restore coastal resource and ecosystems. Microorganisms play an essential role in marine ecosystems, while the knowledge regarding the impact of ARs on microecology is still limited, particularly data concerning the response of benthic microbial community to AR habitats. In this study, the seasonal dynamics of benthic microbial community in AR and adjacent non-artificial reef (NAR) areas surrounding Xiaoshi Island were investigated with high-throughput sequencing technology. The results revealed that the diversity and structure of microbial community between AR and NAR both displayed pronounced seasonal dynamics. There was a greater influence of season factors on microbial communities than that of habitat type. The microbial communities in AR and NAR habitats were characterized by a limited number of abundant taxa (ranging from 5 to 12 ASVs) with high relative abundance (8.35-25.53%) and numerous rare taxa (from 5994 to 12412 ASVs) with low relative abundance (11.91%-24.91%). Proteobacteria, Bacteroidota and Desulfobacterota were the common predominant phyla, with the relative abundances ranging from 50.94% to 76.76%. A total of 52 biomarkers were discovered, with 15, 4, 6, and 27 biomarkers identified in spring, summer, autumn and winter, respectively. Co-occurrence network analysis indicated that AR displayed a more complex interaction pattern and higher susceptibility to external disturbances. Furthermore, the neutral model and ßNTI analyses revealed that the assembly of microbial communities in both AR and NAR is significantly influenced by stochastic processes. This study could provide valuable insights into the impact of ARs construction on the benthic ecosystems and would greatly facilitate the development and implementation of the future AR projects.

Research on the intelligent management system for equipment and supplies of provincial medical rescue teams for nuclear and radiation accidents / 中国职业医学

{L-End}Objective To establish the construction of intelligent management system for equipment and supplies of medical rescue teams for provincial nuclear and radiation accidents, based on modern Internet+ Internet of Things. {L-End}Methods The current status and requirements of emergency equipment and supplies allocation and management of medical emergency teams for provincial nuclear and radiation accidents were analyzed. Utilizing technologies such as Internet of Things, low-power Bluetooth, and radio frequency identification, an intelligent management system for medical rescue teams, its equipment and supplies for provincial nuclear and radiation accidents was designed. {L-End}Results The intelligent management system for medical rescue teams, its equipment and supplies for nuclear and radiation accidents was able to perform the inventory warning, expiration date warning, maintenance alert, and warning for emergency personnel health status, based on dynamic management of rescue personnel, equipment and supplies. It provided an effective support for on-site commanders in making emergency decisions. {L-End}Conclusion The use of Internet+Internet of Things technology can achieve intelligent management for medical rescue teams and its equipment and supplies can effectively improve the level of personnel and equipment support for the rescue of nuclear and radiation accidents at the provincial level.

The synthesis of an amended membrane coated with graphene oxide and dopamine and guanidyl-based modifier and its antifouling properties.

The membrane fouling issue has aroused great concern. To improve their antifouling properties, surface grafting with oxidative deposition were employed to amend a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane. The modifiers were amino-modified graphene oxide (AMGO), dopamine (DPA) and 1,3-diaminoguanidine hydrochloride (DAGH). To take bovine serum albumin (BSA, 1 g/l) as an example of organic materials, BSA interception rate and pure water flux recovery rate increased to 93.65% and 66.74%, respectively, while the corresponding values for the original membrane were much lower (72.82% and 31.72%). The optimum synthesis conditions were found to be 1.5 mg/ml of DPA, 1 wt% of DAGH, 2 mg/ml of AMGO, 4 h of DPA oxidation deposition time and 1 h of AMGO grafting time. Many functional groups like C = N, -NH2, C = O and -OH improved the membrane surface hydrophilicity leading to a higher resistance to organic pollution. Dopamine and guanidyl facilitated the antimicrobial performance of the modified membrane, whose antimicrobial rate was up to 96%, while the raw membrane had no antimicrobial activity. The amended membrane possessed 40% higher mechanical strength than the initial one. It could withstand a high pumping suction force. The noteworthy property was that the irreversible fouling rate decreased by 55%. Therefore, the amended membrane could restore its flux much more easily.

Analysis on patents of radioactive decontamination technology for human body surface / 中国职业医学

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the research status and developmental trend of open-access patents at home and abroad of radioactive decontamination technology for human body surface. METHODS: The basic information of open-access patents related to human body radioactive decontamination was searched and collected from the IncoPat Global Patent Database. Based on patent analysis method, the number of patent application, legal status, patent types, application trends, applicants, functional application fields, and citations were analyzed and compared, with focus on their research and development capabilities in domestic and foreign patent application status.RESULTS: A total of 981 patents of radioactive decontamination technology for human body surface were retrieved. Among them, 144 were domestic(14.7%) and 837 were from abroad(85.3%). After merge, 207 patents were confirmed, 88 were from domestic(42.5%) and 119 from abroad(57.5%). The top 5 countries with the most patents were China, Japan, the United States, France and Germany with patent amount of 88, 47, 20, 14 and 13 respectively,accounting for 87.9%(182/207) of all patents. Japan had a large number of patents with a stable growth; France and Germany started patent research very early; the United States focused on technology inheritance; Chinese patent applications are developing rapidly, followed by South Korea, and Russia had few open-access patents. Chinese patent applicants were mainly from Beijing with major enterprises and government organizations. Patents in China had few patent family, foreign patents had a wide distribution, 35.3% of which had more than five of the same family. The proportions of valid patents, utility model patents and patents of integrated device & technology in China were higher than that from abroad(35.2% vs 17.6%, 53.4% vs 3.4%, 62.5% vs 26.9%, P<0.01). The proportion of domestic patents citing other patents in China was lower than that from abroad(13.6% vs 52.1%, P<0.01), but the proportion of Chinese patents cited by other patents showed no statistical significance compared with that of abroad(27.3% vs 39.5%, P>0.05). CONCLUSION: Patents of radioactive decontamination technology for human body surface in China have developed rapidly in recent years. Patent emphasis is placed on integration and multifunctionality. However, the awareness of patent protection and regional layout is not strong enough, and the technical level needs to be improved. It is suggested to propose strategic deployment as soon as possible and strengthen technological research, development and innovation.

Explore the change trend fitting prediction model on new cases of occupational diseases in Guangdong Province / 中国职业医学

OBJECTIVE: To screen the optimal fitting model for the change trend of the number of new cases of occupational diseases in Guangdong Province by using linear and nonlinear regression models. Method The number of new cases of occupational diseases in Guangdong Province from 2003 to 2017 was used as the dependent variable(■) and the year(time) as the independent variable(x).Eleven mathematical models including linear regression, cubic function, quadratic function, composite function, growth function, exponential function, logistic function, power function, logarithmic function, S-type function and inverse function were used to fit the data, and the best-fit model was selected to describe and verify the change of new occupational diseases. RESULTS: Among the 11 mathematical models, the determination coefficient of fit results of cubic curve regression model was the highest(0.94, P<0.01), and the fit effect was the best. The fitting curve was ■. The cubic curve regression model was used to fit the number of new cases of occupational diseases in Guangdong Province from 2003 to 2019. The results showed that the measured value of new cases in all those years, except 2011, was within 95% confidence interval of the fitting value. The median(25 th, 75 th percentile) of absolute relative deviation between the fitting value and the actual value was 8.9%(4.3%, 14.7%). CONCLUSION: The regression model based on cubic curve can better fit the incidence of occupational diseases and can be used to describe the occurence of occupational diseases.

Preliminary development and manufacturing of radioactive sewage purification device / 中国职业医学

OBJECTIVE: To develop a radioactive sewage purification device that can effectively filter the nuclides in low-level nuclide-contaminated wastewater. METHODS: The radioactive sewage purification device was composed of lifting pump, stack filter, multi-medium filter, security filter, tubular ultrafiltration membrane, high-pressure pump and reverse osmotic membrane. The combined process of adsorption-ultrafiltration-reverse osmosis was used to separate radioactive elements from wastewater by reverse osmosis membrane separation system. Through two-stage multi-medium filter circulation system circulation treatment, radioactive sewage was purified. The flow rate of water treatment is 20 L/min. The filtration efficiency and purification efficiency of the device were tested by filtration experiments on elements containing radionuclide and purification experiments on radionuclide.RESULTS: The filtration efficiency on iodine, potassium, strontium and cesium, that are the common elements in radioactive sewage samples were 97.88%, 98.38%, 99.99% and 99.80%, respectively. The single purification efficiency of radionuclide ~(40)K in low-level radioactive sewage was over 90.00%. CONCLUSION: The device has high filtering efficiency for common elements such as iodine, potassium, strontium and cesium in sewage and high removal rate of radioactive activity for sewage containing ~(40)K. It can be further optimized and transformed into a suitable radioactive sewage water purifier.

A scoring system to predict the risk of anastomotic leakage in patients with patients with rectal cancer older than 60 years / 中华胃肠外科杂志

Objective@#To establish a scoring system to predict the risk of anastomotic leakage in patients with rectal cancer older than 60 years.@*Methods@#The study included 995 patients (≥ 60 years) with rectal cancer locating 3-12 cm from the anal verge who underwent anterior resection or intersphincteric resection at the Department of General Surgery, Henan Cancer Hospital from January 2012 to December 2016. Potential risk factors for leakage were subjected to univariate analysis. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to identify the independent risk factors for anastomotic leakage. The scoring system was developed based on regression coefficient for each significant risk factor. One point was allocated to the risk factor with a regression coefficient β < 1, and two points were allocated to the risk factor with β > 1. The proposed scoring system was tested by the area under curve (AUC) of the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) .@*Results@#Surgery was successfully performed in all 995 patients. The incidence of anastomotic fistula was 4.6% (46/995) . Among these 46 patients, 31 recovered after conventional treatment, and 13 patients underwent transverse colostomy, and 2 died of multiple organ failure. Independent risk factors included age (β = 0.643, OR = 1.902, 95%CI: 1.020 - 3.614, P = 0.048) , body mass index (BMI) (β = 1.218, OR = 3.379, 95%CI: 1.607 - 7.105, P = 0.001) , albumin levels (β = 0.986, OR = 2.681, 95%CI: 1.432-5.021, P = 0.002) , and level of anastomosis from the anal verge (β = 1.395, OR = 4.034, 95%CI: 2.086-7.801, P = 0.000) . The scoring system was created base on coefficient β of the independent risk factors (age≥70 years for 1, BMI≥25 kg/m2 for 2, albumin levels < 35 g/L for 1, level of anastomosis from anal verge < 4.0 cm for 2) . All the scores were added up, and all patients were divided into the high-risk group (4-6 points, n=71) and intermediate-low-risk group (0-3 points, n=924) based on the scoring system. The incidence of anastomotic leakage in the two groups was 23.9% (17/71) and 3.1% (29/924) , respectively (χ2 = 60.092, P = 0.000) . The AUC of age, BMI, albumin levels, and level of anastomosis from the anal verge were 0.598, 0.591, 0.622, and 0.635 respectively. The AUC of the scoring system was 0.656, which was higher than above parameters with a sensitivety of 0.37 and specificity of 0.94.@*Conclusions@#The scoring system is effective and accurate for identifying a subgroup at high risk for postoperative anastomotic leakage in rectal cancer patients over 60 years old.

Pedicled ligamentum teres hepatis in the prevention of duodenal stump fistula after gastrectomy / 中华普通外科杂志

Objective To explore the clinical effects of pedicled ligamentum teres hepatis in preventing duodenum stump fistula after resection of gastric cancer.Methods The clinicopathological data of 563 patients with gastic cancer who underwent resection from Jan.2013 to Dec.2016 were analyzed.Results Fourteen patients in the control group developed duodenum stump fistula.Four patients in the experimental group developed duodenum stump fistula.The incidence of duodenum stump fistula in the control group was 4.6％,while that in the experimental group was 1.5％ (x2 =4.356,P =0.037).All the 14 patients in the control group had high fever and 2 died of multiple organ failure,8 were cured with conservative treatment,and 4 received reoperation.For patients in the experimental group,moderate fever was observed in 2 patients and all were cured by conservative treatment.Conclusion Pedicled ligamentum teres hepatis was safe and effective to prevent duodenum stump fistula after resection of gastric cancer.

Changes and clinical significance of serum and cerebrospinal fluid NSE and MBP in patients with craniocerebral injury / 国际检验医学杂志

Objective To study the relationship between serum and cerebrospinal fluid neuron specific enolase (NSE) and myelin basic protein (MBP) concentrations with the disease progress and prognosis in the patients with craniocerebral injury.Methods Forty-five patients with craniocerebral injury treated in our hospital were selected and divided into the mild group,moderate group and severe group according to disease severity;which were divided into the subdural hematoma group,epidural hematoma group,cerebral contusion and laceration group and combined injury group according to the injury types;which were divided into the death and plant survival group,disability group and good recovery group.Other 15 individuals undergoing physical examination were selected as the control group.The concentrations of cerebrospinal fluid and serum NSE and MBP were detected at admission in the patients with craniocerebral injury and control group,on 1,7,14 d after injury in the patients with severe craniocerebral injury.Results The concentrations of cerebrospinal fluid and serum NSE and MBP in the patients with mild,moderate and severe craniocerebral injury were significantly higher than those in the control group,the severe group was significantly higher than the moderate group(P<0.05);the concentrations of cerebrospinal fluid and serum NSE and MBP in the patients with epidural hematoma were lowest,while which in the combine injury group were significantly higher than those in the subdural hematoma group,epidural hematoma group and cerebral contusion and laceration group(P<0.05);which in the death and plant survival group were significantly higher than those in the disability group and good recovery group(P<0.05);which on 1-14 d after injury in the patients with severe craniocerebral injury showed the decreasing trend,but which on 14 d were significantly higher than those in the control group(P<0.05).Conclusion The concentrations of cerebrospinal and fluid serum NSE and MBP are positively correlated with injury severity,which can serve as the basis for diagnosis and prognosis judgment.

Use of pedicled omentum in the prevention of anastomotic leakage after resection of obstructive colorectal cancer / 中华普通外科杂志

Objective To explore the clinical effects of pedicled omentum in preventing anastomotic leakage after resection of colorcctal cancer complicated with intestinal obstruction.Methods The clinicopathologic data and anastomotic leakage rate of 102 patients with colorectal cancer undergoing resection from Dec.2012 to Dec.2015 were analyzed.Results Seven patients in the control group developed anastomotic leakage.Only 1 patient in the experimental group developed anastomotic leakage.The incidence of anastomotic leakage in the control group was 12％,while that in the experimental group was 2％ (x2 =4.250,P =0.039).Of the 7 patients complicating anastomotic leakage in control group,1 died of multiple organ failure,1 was cured with conservative treatment,and 5 were done with diverting stoma.The one leakage in experimental group was cured by conservative treatment.Conclusion Pedicled omentum is useful in the prevention of anastomotic leakage after resection of colorectal cancer in settings of intestinal obstruction.

Human amniotic epithelial cells transfected by enhanced green fluorescent protein gene mediated by adenovirus vector / 中国组织工程研究

BACKGROUND:Human amniotic epithelial cells have some properties of stem cells, which can be induced to differentiate into corneal epithelial cells, but cannot be tracedin vitro. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the feasibility and infection efficiency of adenovirus vector carrying enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) into the human amniotic epithelial cells. METHODS:The adenovirus vectors carrying EGFP was transferred into human amniotic epithelial cells culturedin vitro. After cultured and amplified, the morphology difference between transfected and non-transfected human amniotic epithelial cels was observed. The transfected human amniotic epithelial cells were observed under fluorescence microscope, and the cell cycle and the expression rate of EGFP in transfected human amniotic epithelial cells were detected by flow cytometry. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:No obvious difference in the cell morphology was found between transfected human amniotic epithelial cells and normal human amniotic epithelial cells cultured in vitro. Flow cytometry analysis revealed that the EGFP positive rate was highest and reached up to 99.01% at 48 hours after transient transfection. The cell cycle of human amniotic epithelial cells transfected by the adenovirus vector was slowed a bit. To conclude, the adenovirus vector is a good medium of transfecting EGFP into human amniotic epithelial cells, and makes it more convenient to observe the further transformation of human amniotic epithelial celsin vitro.

Investigation and Analysis on the Current Status of Library Construction in Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Institutions and the Occupational Health Information Service / 医学信息学杂志

Following the requirements for libraries in the Implementing Rules for Evaluation Standards of Tertiary Hospitals in Guangdong Province and taking municipal or above occupational disease prevention and control institutions as objects,the paper analyzes the construction situations,current collections and operating modes of libraries and discusses the setting of the occupational health information service function from 6 aspects of information sources,service objects and function setting,book retrieval,inter-library loan,service feedback and occupational health information service for labor.

Surgical resection for gastric cancer patients with liver metastasis / 中华肿瘤杂志

Objective@#To explore the surgical results and clinicopathological features of gastric cancer patients with liver metastases.@*Methods@#The clinicopathological data and post-operative survival of 37 patients who underwent resection of liver metastasis from gastric cancer at our department from Dec. 2007 to Dec. 2014 were analyzed.@*Results@#The 1-, 3-, and 5-year overall survival rates after resection were 91.4%, 57.9%, and 22.0%, respectively, with a median survival of 37 months. Univariate analysis revealed that lymph node metastasis, multiple hepatic metastases and no preoperative chemotherapy are unfavorable prognostic factors for overall survival. Multivariate analysis identified that lymph node metastasis and number of liver metastasis are independent prognostic factors.@*Conclusions@#Gastric cancer patients with a solitary liver metastasis may be good candidates for gastric D2 resection combined with liver R0 resection.

Intravascular stent implantation in treating patients with symptomatic vertebral artery kinking / 中国医师进修杂志

Objective To evaluate the feasibility and safety of stent implantation in treating patients with symptomatic vertebral artery kinking. Methods Forty-two patients with vertebral artery kinking confirmed by digital subtraction angiography and accorded with the stent implantation indications were chosen in our study; these patients were performed stent implantation. The stenosis and haemodynamics changes, and recent and postoperative complications were observed; Malek scale was adopted to evaluate the clinical efficacy during the 1-year follow-up. Results The success rate of stent implantation for patients with symptomatic vertebral artery kinking was 100%(42/42). The percentage of stenosis was significantly reduced from (75.6 ± 13.5)%to (8.3 ± 3.1)%after stenting, and the mean flow velocity of kinking lesion was obviously decreased from (49.5 ± 12.4) cm/s to (31.7 ± 15.0) cm/s, and there were statistical differences (P<0.01). The cerebellum hematoma was noted in 1 patient , subcutaneous hematoma of puncture point appeared in 2 and femoral artery pseudoaneurysm after the stenting in 1;all these complications did not cause serious consequences. Malek scale indicated that 36 cases got 1 point,4 cases got 2 points, 1 case got 3 points, 1 case got 4 points and no one got 5 points;36 patients (85.7%, 36/42) were asymptomatic during the 1-year follow-up;no significant in-stent restenosis was found. Conclusions Symptomatic vertebral artery kinking can be treated safely and effectively with stent implantation.

The differential expression of BmGlcNAcase2 in strains of Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) with different susceptibility to Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) nucleopolyhedrovirus infection.

GlcNAcase is a glycosyl hydrolase located in the lysosomes of numerous organisms. Levels of the protein, ß-N-acetylglucosaminidase 2 (GlcNAcase2), which is a member of the GlcNAcase family, are different in two strains of the silkworm Bombyx mori that have different resistance to Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedroviruses (BmNPVs). We identified six single-nucleotide differences in the GlcNAcase2 coding sequence between the 306 and NB strains. Five are silent changes, but one is a nonsynonymous mutation. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis showed that GlcNAcase2 mRNA levels in the NB strain were nearly 2.57 times higher compared with those in the 306 strain. In addition, GlcNAcase2 enzyme activity was much higher in the NB strain compared with that in the 306 strain. Together, these results indicate that GlcNAcase2 may be involved in variable BmNPV resistance in B. mori.

The effect of therapeutic life style on serum FFA and constitution index in patients with coronary heart disease complicated metabolic syndrome / 重庆医学

Objective To investigate the level of serum free fatty acid (FFA )after improving the life style in patients with coronary heart disease complicated metabolic syndrome and the effect of therapeutic life style on traditional risk factors of coronary artery disease.Methods A total of 395 patients with coronary heart disease complicated metabolic syndrome were recruited.Pa-tients were divided into intervention group (group A,conventional drug therapy+ intensive life style intervention,n=97)and non-intervention group (group B,conventional drug therapy,n=38)according to the scores of life style.Serum free fatty acid (FFA) was determined by ELASA.The scores of life style was obtained bylife style questionnaire.Results (1)The serum FFA of pa-tients with coronary heart disease complicated metabolic syndrome were positively related to waist circumference and waist-high-ra-tio.(2)Waist circumference,BMI and FFA of group A were significantly lower than those in group B after therapeutic life style in-tervention(P <0.05).(3)Compared with the baseline,the constitution index and FFA in group A were significantly lower after 6-months therapeutic life style intervention(P <0.05).Conclusion Therapeutic life style can reduce the level of FFA and constitution index of the patients with coronary heart disease complicated metabolic syndrome.

An outbreak of brucellosis in a village in Jiangsu province / 中华流行病学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the cause and related risk factors of an outbreak caused by Brucellosis.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Epidemiological investigation and laboratory test were carried out among occupationally invloved population including sheep slaughters and sellers in the village.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>18 people were serology positive among the 129 occupationally involved persons under survey. Seven of them were confirmed cases, 11 were latent infection, to make the overall attack rate as 14%. 90% of the sheep were from high-risk areas of Brucella. Among the occupationally involved persons, 89% of them never wore face masks, 84% never wear overalls and 70% never wear gloves. Factors as:work but wearing no gloves (RR = 7.4, 95%CI:1.1-53.0), with hand wound (RR = 3.4, 95%CI:1.1-11.0) could increase the risk of Brucella infection.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The cause of this outbreak was due to the plentiful influx of unchecked sheep from the northern part of China and the employees in the process of sheep slaughtering or trading were lack of effective prevention programs.</p>

Effects of resveratrol on proliferation of ARPE-19 cells / 中国病理生理杂志

AIM:To investigate the effects of resveratrol ( Res) on the proliferation of ARPE-19 cells and to ex-plore the possible mechanisms.METHODS:After ARPE-19 cells were treated with Res at concentrations of 0, 50, 100, 150, 200 and 300 μmol/L for 24 h, 48 h and 72 h, the effects of Res on the proliferation of the cells were tested by CCK-8 assay.The ARPE-19 cells were treated with Res at concentrations of 0, 100, 150 and 200 μmol/L for 48 h.The effects of Res on the cell cycle and apoptosis were detected by flow cytometry with Annexin V-FITC/PI staining.The protein expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) was detected by immunofluorescent assay.The mRNA expression of PCNA, P21 and P27 was determined by real-time PCR.RESULTS:The results of CCK-8 assay showed that Res inhibited the prolifera-tion of ARPE-19 cells in a time-and dose-dependent manner.The treatment with Res for 48 h resulted in an arrest of cell cycle at S phase without increasing cell apoptosis.Res inhibited the protein expression of PCNA in ARPE-19 cells.The re-sults of real-time PCR showed that Res increased the mRNA expression of P21 and P27, and decreased the mRNA expres-sion of PCNA.CONCLUSION: Res inhibits the proliferation of ARPE-19 cells and induces the cell cycle arrest at S phase.The mechanism may be related to up-regulation of P21 and P27, and down-regulation of PCNA.

An outbreak of brucellosis in a village in Jiangsu province / 中华流行病学杂志

Objective To investigate the cause and related risk factors of an outbreak caused by Brucellosis. Methods Epidemiological investigation and laboratory test were carried out among occupationally invloved population including sheep slaughters and sellers in the village. Results 18 people were serology positive among the 129 occupationally involved persons under survey. Seven of them were confirmed cases,11 were latent infection,to make the overall attack rate as 14%. 90%of the sheep were from high-risk areas of Brucella. Among the occupationally involved persons,89%of them never wore face masks,84%never wear overalls and 70%never wear gloves. Factors as:work but wearing no gloves(RR=7.4,95%CI:1.1-53.0),with hand wound(RR=3.4,95%CI:1.1-11.0) could increase the risk of Brucella infection. Conclusion The cause of this outbreak was due to the plentiful influx of unchecked sheep from the northern part of China and the employees in the process of sheep slaughtering or trading were lack of effective prevention programs.

An outbreak of brucellosis in a village in Jiangsu province / 中华流行病学杂志

Objective To investigate the cause and related risk factors of an outbreak caused by Brucellosis. Methods Epidemiological investigation and laboratory test were carried out among occupationally invloved population including sheep slaughters and sellers in the village. Results 18 people were serology positive among the 129 occupationally involved persons under survey. Seven of them were confirmed cases,11 were latent infection,to make the overall attack rate as 14%. 90%of the sheep were from high-risk areas of Brucella. Among the occupationally involved persons,89%of them never wore face masks,84%never wear overalls and 70%never wear gloves. Factors as:work but wearing no gloves(RR=7.4,95%CI:1.1-53.0),with hand wound(RR=3.4,95%CI:1.1-11.0) could increase the risk of Brucella infection. Conclusion The cause of this outbreak was due to the plentiful influx of unchecked sheep from the northern part of China and the employees in the process of sheep slaughtering or trading were lack of effective prevention programs.