title: Serological examinations of slaughtered animals (cattle and goats) in the slaughter-house of Colombo/Sri Lanka towards antibodies against brucellosis, Q-fever, RMSF-rickettsia-group, listeriosis, echinococcosis and adenoviruses.
abstract: Serological examinations of slaughtered animals (76 cattle and 184 goats) in the slaughter-house of Colombo/Sri Lanka revealed antibodies against Listeriosis, Brucellosis, Q-fever, RMSF-Rickettsia-group, Echinococcus and Adenoviruses. As the results show, part of this zooanthroponosis has a role to play in human medicine and human infections are to be expected.
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000276:immunology; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002007:Brucellosis, Bovine / Q000276:immunology; D002417:Cattle / Q000276:immunology*; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000276:immunology; D006041:Goats / Q000276:immunology*; D008087:Listeria / Q000276:immunology; D011778:Q Fever / Q000276:immunology; D012284:Rickettsia rickettsii / Q000276:immunology; D013188:Sri Lanka
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies