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Seroprevalence of human brucellosis in rural endemic areas in eastern Turkey

Serhat Vancelik MD      Asuman Guraksin MD     Ahmet Ayyildiz MD  

Department of Public Health in Ataturk University, School of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey

Correspondence to: Serhat Vancelik, Ataturk Universitesi Tp Fakultesi, Halk Sagligi Anabilim Dali, Erzurum-25240, Turkey Email: svanceli{at}atauni.edu.tr

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.

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