Volume 14, Number 12—December 2008
Dispatch
Occupational Exposure to Streptococcus suis among US Swine Workers
Tara C. Smith
, Ana W. Capuano, Brenda Boese, Kendall P. Myers, and Gregory C. Gray
, Ana W. Capuano, Brenda Boese, Kendall P. Myers, and Gregory C. GrayTable
Characteristics of total swine-exposed study population compared with those who had antibody titers >10 against Streptococcus suis serotype 2
| Variable | Swine exposed |
|
|---|---|---|
| Total (n = 73) | Titer >10 (n = 7)* | |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 56 | 6 |
| Female |
17 |
1 |
| Nursery/finishing swine | ||
| Nursery | 11 | 0 |
| Finishing | 1 | 0 |
| Nursery and finishing | 59 | 7 |
| No |
2 |
0 |
| Years working with swine | ||
| 5–10 | 1 | 0 |
| >10 |
70 |
7 |
| Years living on a swine farm | ||
| 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5–10 | 1 | 0 |
| >10 | 66 | 7 |
*Final antibody titer reflects the lowest positive antibody titer among duplicates. An antibody titer was considered positive when its optical density was greater or equal to mean positive control optical density.
