Brucellosis in the upper Nile region--Melut district, Sudan (report).
In the Melut district, South Sudan human and animal blood samples were investigated for Brucella abortus and Brucella melitensis. 9.2% of the investigated cattle and 16.2% of the green long-tailed monkies were Brucella abortus-positive. School children revealed a 3.7% positivity rate, Melut's hospital patients 5.2% and village children and adults 2.2%. However, only a small number of hospital patients was investigated. A small percentage of sheep and goats was investigated for Brucella melitensis revealing 12% positive results. 8.7% of cattle were positive. 2.2% of school children reacted in high titers against Brucella melitensis, 5.2% of Melut's patients and in the Melut district 3.6% of children and adults.
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Institute of Hygiene, University of Graz, Austria.
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Sixl-Voigt
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Withalm
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Stünzner
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Rosegger
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Schuhmann
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Mascher
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002002:Brucella / Q000276:immunology; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary; D002007:Brucellosis, Bovine / Q000276:immunology; D002417:Cattle; D002648:Child; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013397:Sudan
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial