Incidence, Mortality, and Burden of Human Brucellosis and Its Geographical Distribution in Iran during 2009-2015

• Main Authors: Bakhtiar PIROOZI (Author), Ghobad MORADI (Author), Hossein SAFARI (Author), Parvin MOHAMADI (Author), Cyrus ALINIA (Author), Mohammad Reza SHIRZADI (Author), Mahmood NABAVI (Author), Siamak VAHEDI (Author), Mohammad Mehdi GOUYA (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Human brucellosis is the most common zoonotic disease worldwide. This study aimed at estimating the incidence, mortality, and burden of human brucellosis as well as its distribution in Iran from 2009 to 2015. Methods: Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) index was used to estimate the...