Journal of Communicable Diseases

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    Occurrence of salmonellae in slaughtered pigs, goat meat, meat handlers and slaughtered-house workers.
    (1990-03-01) Das, M S; Roy, D K; Das, S
    Of 413 samples comprising 200 goat meat, 100 pig's faeces, 50 faeces of slaughtered-house workers, 13 faeces and 50 nailwashings of goat meat handlers collected from different shops of Calcutta Corporation, 25 (6.05 per cent) yielded 13 serotypes of salmonellae. The commonest serotypes was S. newport (24 per cent), followed by S. enteritidis (12 per cent), S. anatum (12 per cent) and S. typhimurium. Isolation rate of salmonellae was 12 (6 per cent) from goat meat, 10 (10 per cent) in pig's faeces and 3 (6 per cent) in nailwashings. S. newport (50 per cent) in goat meat and S. anatum (30 per cent) in faecal contents of pigs were the predominant serotypes. None of the faecal samples of goat meat handlers and slaughtered-house workers yielded salmonellae.
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    Sero-prevalence of brucellosis among abattoir personnel of Delhi.
    (1997-06-01) Kumar, P; Singh, D K; Barbuddhe, S B
    A total of 165 serum samples of abattoir personnel of Delhi were tested by Rose Bengal Plate test (RBPT), Standard tube agglutination test (STAT), Complement fixation test (CFT) and Dot-Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (Dot-ElISA). The Seroprevalence was 20.60, 12.75, 50.30 and 25.45 percent, respectively on the basis of RBPT, STAT, CFT and Dot-ELISA. Seroprevalence was highest among blood collectors (99.77%) followed by miscellaneous group (72%), animal handlers (68.96%), butchers (68.00%) and sweepers (57.14%). Among veterinarians, Seroprevalance was 28.57%. The Seroprevalence was more among persons of higher age group. The study indicates that abattoir personnel are at high risk to infection with brucellosis.
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    Seropositivity for intracellular bacterial infections among abattoir associated personnels.
    (2000-12-24) Barbuddhe, S B; Kumar, P; Malika, S V; Singh, D K; Gupta, L K
    Studies were carried out to detect the antibodies against zoonotic intracellular bacterial infections viz., brucellosis, listeriosis and tuberculosis in abattoir associated personnel employing dot-ELISA. Out of 165 serum samples tested 25.5, 40.0 and 10.9 per cent were detected as positive for brucellosis, listeriosis and tuberculosis, respectively. Immunodetection of these occupationally exposed persons for IgM as well as IgG antibodies revealed positivity for IgM, IgG and IgM + IgG in 8.5, 17.6 and 13.9 per cent for listeriosis and 5.5, 2.4 and 3.0 for tuberculosis respectively. Antibodies against brucellosis and listeriosis both were detected in 10.9 per cent persons, while 6.7 per cent persons were positive for both listeriosis and tuberculosis. No person was found positive with both brucellosis and tuberculosis. All the three infections were detected in 3.6 per cent persons.