Occurrence of antibodies to Brucella canis in rural inhabitants of Corrientes and Neuquén Provinces, Argentina.
Of 1,065 persons sampled during a house-to-house survey of an area of the Department of Curuzú Cuatiá, Province of Corrientes, Argentina, 21 were seropositive to Brucella canis antibodies by the gel-diffusion test, using a saline-extracted B. ovis surface R antigen. Two positive reactors were similarly identified during a survey of rural schools in the Province of Neuquén, which included 887 persons. The findings are discussed in terms of current knowledge of this recently recognized zoonotic infection.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D001118:Argentina; D002002:Brucella / Q000276:immunology; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial