Association between Brucella melitensis DNA and Brucella sp. Antibodies
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Association between Brucella melitensis DNA and Brucella sp. Antibodies.
Brucella sp. antibodies, despite falling to low levels, can remain measurable after recovery from acute brucellosis (1). Recently, several studies have shown the persistence of Brucella sp. DNA in both chronic brucellosis patients and asymptomatic subjects with a history of brucellosis (2–4, 6). However, to our knowledge, the association between serum antibodies and Brucella sp. DNA has not bee...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical and Vaccine Immunology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1556-6811,1556-679X
DOI: 10.1128/cvi.00011-11