Seroprevalance of rickettsioses among healthy individuals in Mersin province, Turkey

İlker ALAKUŞ; Elif ŞAHİN HORASAN; Ahmet Öner KURT; Güliz EVİK; Gülden ERSÖZ; Gönül ASLAN; Ali KAYA

doi:https://doi.org/10.20518/tjph.288392

Article Details

Seroprevalance of rickettsioses among healthy individuals in Mersin province, Turkey

Authors:

İlker ALAKUŞ | Elif ŞAHİN HORASAN | Ahmet Öner KURT | Güliz EVİK | Gülden ERSÖZ | Gönül ASLAN | Ali KAYA

Publisher:

Turkish Society of Public Health Specialists

Main Topics:

Promotion of health

Journal:

Turkish Journal of Public Health 2016 Vol.14 Issue 3, pp.128-134

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2016

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000706499

Frequency:

Tri-annual

eISSN:

1304-1088

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20518/tjph.288392

Abstract:

 





Objective: Studies relevant to rikettsial biology, its pathogenesis and
diagnosis  have increase due to the
increase of rickettsioses incidents in the world, particularly over the the
past two decades. We investigated the seroprevalence of the ricketsia disease
in the Mersin province of Turkey. Methods: This study included 450 healthy individuals aged 5
years and over, who had attended family health centers in Mersin city center.
Serum samples collected during November 2011 were evaluated. Rickettsia
antibody assays were used indirect immunofluorescenc techniques. Data were analyzed using a descriptive analysis, the Chi-Square Test and
the Student T Test for comparison of variables. Results: The prevelance of ricketsia
positivity was determined as 9.8%. The seropositivities were higher in males,
in the unemployed, in the occupational risk groups, in people who live in rural
regions, in people who work in gardens/farms, in picnickers, in countryside
walkers, in hunters, in owners of livestock, in people with no history of rash
diseases. When the relationship of spotted fever group (SFG) seropositivity the
risk factors was investigated, there was no statistical significance. Conclusion: According to our study rickettsial disease is detected
in Mersin and it was seen that the rickettsiosis disease need for more
comprehensive studies to show the prevalence in all of Turkey.







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Article Details

Seroprevalance of rickettsioses among healthy individuals in Mersin province, Turkey

Authors: İlker ALAKUŞ | Elif ŞAHİN HORASAN | Ahmet Öner KURT | Güliz EVİK | Gülden ERSÖZ | Gönül ASLAN | Ali KAYA

Publisher: Turkish Society of Public Health Specialists

Main Topics: Promotion of health

Journal: Turkish Journal of Public Health 2016 Vol.14 Issue 3, pp.128-134

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 12/2016

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2000706499

Frequency: Tri-annual

eISSN: 1304-1088

DOI: https://doi.org/10.20518/tjph.288392

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Authors:

İlker ALAKUŞ | Elif ŞAHİN HORASAN | Ahmet Öner KURT | Güliz EVİK | Gülden ERSÖZ | Gönül ASLAN | Ali KAYA

Publisher:

Turkish Society of Public Health Specialists

Main Topics:

Promotion of health

Journal:

Turkish Journal of Public Health 2016 Vol.14 Issue 3, pp.128-134

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2016

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000706499

Frequency:

Tri-annual

eISSN:

1304-1088

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20518/tjph.288392