International Journal of Tropical Medicine
ISSN: Online 1818-779XISSN: Print 1816-3319
Abstract
Introduction: Brucellosis being one of the most neglected diseases in the world, with incidence as high as 12.5 lac cases per year, is always a threat to the Indian population considering the majority proportion being rural with their heavy domestic livestock maintenance. Objectives: The current study was planned with a purpose to study the socio-demographic factors and trend analysis of the ELISA confirmed Brucellosis cases Methodology: The current study is a retrospective data-based analysis of the ELISA confirmed Brucellosis cases registered under Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP), Rajasthan from 2019 to 2022. The socio-demographic details of the patients were compared and trend analysis was done amongst the various years. X2 tests were used to derive any significant data. Results: Maximum patients with Brucellosis were females and in age-group of 19 years to 30 years with mean age of 27.98 years. Most of the cases were reported from the districts Jaipur (43.8%), Bikaner (12.8%) and Churu (8.3%). Almost 44% cases presented with an acute illness of duration less than 10 days and only 1.1% presented with an illness of more than 30 days. The Brucellosis cases in Rajasthan spiked in the fourth quarter of 2021 and third quarter of 2022. Conclusions: Brucellosis because of its non-specific symptoms and hidden widespread prevalence needs an elaborate investigation for the seroprevalence amongst the general population of the state and the country at large and definite measures to curb its impact on physical and financial health of the people of the nation.
How to cite this article:
Ravi Prakash Sharma, Deepa Meena, Poornima Sharma, Praveen Aswal, Jyoti Gupta, Ashutosh Sharma and Ashish . Brucellosis in Rajasthan- A Call to Wake Up.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makijtm.2024.1.64.68
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1816-3319/10.59218/makijtm.2024.1.64.68