TABLE 2.
Sex | Age (yrs) | Access to the stable | Symptoms | Serology of blood extractionb |
Case | Attack rate (%) | |||
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1st |
2nd |
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IgMc | IgG | IgMc | IgG | ||||||
Farm workers | 78 | ||||||||
Malea | 57 | No | Yes | 1/128 | 1/128 | 1/256 | 1/1024 | Yes | |
Male | 57 | No | Yes | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | No | |
Male | 59 | No | No | 1/1024 | 1/512 | NDd | ND | Yes | |
Male | 34 | Yes | Yes | Neg | 1/512 | Neg | 1/1024 | No | |
Female | 35 | No | Yes | 1/64 | 1/64 | 1/128 | 1/512 | Yes | |
Male | 38 | No | Yes | 1/1024 | 1/2048 | ND | ND | Yes | |
Female | 29 | No | Yes | 1/128 | 1/2048 | ND | ND | Yes | |
Male | 22 | Yes | No | 1/512 | 1/128 | ND | ND | Yes | |
Female | 43 | Yes | No | Neg | Neg | 1/512 | 1/128 | Yes | |
Visitors | 31 | ||||||||
Female | 18 | Yes | Yes | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | No | |
Male | 21 | Yes | No | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | No | |
Male | 18 | Yes | No | Neg | Neg | ND | ND | No | |
Male | 25 | Yes | Yes | Neg | Neg | Pos | 1/256 | Yes | |
Male | 18 | Yes | Yes | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | No | |
Male | 18 | Yes | No | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | No | |
Male | 18 | Yes | No | Pos | Neg | Pos | 1/128 | Yes | |
Male | 20 | Yes | Yes | Neg | Neg | Pos | 1/128 | Yes | |
Male | 18 | Yes | No | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | No | |
Male | 19 | Yes | No | Pos | Neg | Pos | Neg | No | |
Male | 19 | Yes | No | Neg | Neg | Pos | 1/256 | Yes | |
Male | 30 | Yes | Yes | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | No | |
Male | 35 | Yes | No | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | No |
Index case.
Neg, negative; Pos, positive.
IgM determined by IFAT (farm workers) or indirect chemiluminescent immunoassay (visitors).
ND, not done.