Seroepidemiological prevalence of brucellosis in livestock breeders of the central rural area of Bushehr province 2003-4

Seroepidemiological prevalence of brucellosis in livestock breeders of the central rural area of Bushehr province 2003-4

Background: Brucellosis is the most important zoonotic disease. As Brucellosis is endemic in Iran, this study was designed to evaluate seroepidemiological prevalence of brucellosis in livestock breeders of the central rural area of Bushehr province in 2003-2004. Methods: Sera of 397 livestock breede...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ṭibb-i junūb 2006-09, Vol.9 (1), p.51-58
Hauptverfasser: Katayoon Vahdat, Seyed Mojtaba Jafary, Seyedeh Masoomeh Hashemi
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Sprache:eng
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Brucellosis
ELISA
livestock breeders
seroepidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:Background: Brucellosis is the most important zoonotic disease. As Brucellosis is endemic in Iran, this study was designed to evaluate seroepidemiological prevalence of brucellosis in livestock breeders of the central rural area of Bushehr province in 2003-2004. Methods: Sera of 397 livestock breeders from the central rural area of Bushehr province were collected and tested for anti-brucella IgG antibody using ELISA method. Results: The prevalence of brucellosis in livestock breeders was 10.8%. Brucella seropositively was found to have a significant association with sheep contact and abortion in domestic animals (p
ISSN:1735-4374
1735-6954