National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Brucellosis is one of the most important but neglected zoonoses worldwide and very common in India. Very few reports are available on the prevalence of human brucellosis in our region. Therefore a study was conducted to estimate the seroprevalence of brucellosis in patients with prolonged fever. The study was conducted from November 2017 to February 2018 at a tertiary care teaching hospital. A total of 196 sera samples from pyretic patients were collected and tested for anti brucella antibodies by RBPT and positive samples were further analysed by serum agglutination test (SAT) using standard Brucella abortus antigen from Indian Veterinary Institute, Izatnagar, UP, India. The seroprevalence of brucellosis among pyretic patients was estimated to be 2.55% with a titre of ≥1:80. The 2 ME agglutination assay showed acute infection in 35% and remaining 65% were having chronic infection. Brucellosis among pyretic patients is common. Thus we emphasize the need for a routine screening of brucellosis in all patients presenting with PUO in our region.
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