title: Brucellosis in the upper Nile region--Melut district, Sudan (report).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene, University of Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sixl
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Reinthaler
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sixl-Voigt
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Withalm
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stünzner
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Schneeweiss
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rosegger
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schuhmann
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mascher
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial