Table 2.
The Relationship Between the Potential Risk Factors and Seropositivity of Q Fever and Brucellosis in Western Iran
| |
|
|
Q fever |
Brucellosis |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Category | No tested (% inf) | p value | No. tested (% inf) | p value | |
| Splashing animal fluids on face/body |
Yes |
135 (26.67) |
0.99 |
135 (8.15) |
0.60 |
|
| |
|
No |
15 (26.67) |
|
15 (0.00) |
|
| Attitudea |
Yes |
162 (33.33) |
0.01 |
184 (5.98) |
0.77 |
|
| |
|
No |
65 (15.38) |
|
66 (7.58) |
|
| Hunting/Consumption wild animal meat |
Yes |
136 (33.82) |
0.02 |
149 (5.37) |
0.42 |
|
| |
|
No |
91 (19.78) |
|
101 (7.92) |
|
| Keeping animals |
Yes |
98 (35.71) |
0.03 |
105 (7.62) |
0.50 |
|
| |
|
No |
129 (22.48) |
|
145 (5.52) |
|
| Kind of kept animal |
Cattle |
Yes |
83 (35.8) |
0.76 |
90 (7.78) |
0.99 |
| |
|
No |
14 (28.57) |
|
14 (7.14) |
|
| |
Goats/sheep |
Yes |
56 (42.86) |
0.06 |
62 (6.45) |
0.71 |
| |
|
No |
39 (23.08) |
|
42 (9.52) |
|
| |
Dogs and cats |
Yes |
4 (50.00) |
0.61 |
4 (0.00) |
0.99 |
| |
|
No |
91 (34.06) |
|
100 (8.00) |
|
| Cutting hand/year |
>5 time |
93 (24.73) |
0.71 |
93 (7.53) |
0.99 |
|
| |
|
<5 time |
47 (27.66) |
|
47 (8.51) |
|
| Disinfection tools |
Yes |
25 (12.00) |
0.16 |
25 (8.00) |
0.99 |
|
| |
|
No |
74 (25.68) |
|
74 (10.81) |
|
| Disinfection hands/face |
Yes |
21 (4.76) |
0.03 |
21 (9.52) |
0.99 |
|
| No | 78 (26.92) | 78 (10.26) | ||||
a
See themselves at risk of zoonosis.