Open AccessBrucella Laboratory Exposures in Brazil: Rare or Unnoticed?
Author(s) -
Felipe Francisco Tuon,
Juliana Clélia Cequinel,
Keite da Silva Nogueira,
Guilherme Becker
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
american journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.015
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1476-1645
pISSN - 0002-9637
DOI - 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0468
Subject(s) - brucellosis , brucella , outbreak , brucella abortus , zoonotic disease , environmental health , medicine , veterinary medicine , disease , virology , pathology
Laboratory exposures to Brucella spp. are preventable. After an outbreak in Brazil, human brucellosis was made statutorily reportable as well as laboratory accidents. After the implementation of this law, three laboratorial accidents with Brucella abortus were reported in a Brazilian city, and 58 workers were exposed from January 2019 to April 2020. We describe the exposure level, prophylaxis, and serosurvey after 6 months, and we highlight the importance of disease report.
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