title: Human brucellosis in Dhofar, Sultanate of Oman.
abstract: Sera were collected, mostly from school children, in six localities of the southern region of the Sultanate of Oman. Macro and micro-agglutination tests were used to indicate positive Brucella serology. Four of the 525 sera tested had titres of at least 1:200, which were considered positive, and two had borderline values. The frequency of serologically positive sera in the six localities ranged between zero and 2%. No relevant difference was observed between titres using antigen of B. abortus or B. melitensis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Idris
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maiwald
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: el-Mauly
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ruppel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D002003:Brucella abortus / Q000276:immunology*; D017347:Brucella melitensis / Q000276:immunology*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D009850:Oman / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial