Human brucellosis in Dhofar, Sultanate of Oman.
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.
Idris
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Department of Biology, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
Maiwald
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M
el-Mauly
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KN
Ruppel
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A
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
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial