Seroprevalence of human brucellosis in rural endemic areas in eastern Turkey

VANÇELİK S., Guraksin A., Ayyidiz A.

TROPICAL DOCTOR, cilt.38, sa.1, ss.42-43, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 38 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1258/td.2007.060004
  • Dergi Adı: TROPICAL DOCTOR
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.42-43
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this cross-sectional, community-based study, sera were obtained from 573 subjects. Brucella seropositivity was detected in 5.4% according to the standard tube agglutination test, rising to 11.9% when the Rose-Bengal test was used. Brucellosis is a serious public health problem in eastern Turkey.