bacteriological & serological studies of brucellosis in iran

because of possible increase in the incidence of brucellosis in the city ghom , serological and bacteriological studies were conducted to investigate the rate of infection in this city. a total of 819 blood samples from human , “suspected” cases were investigated (serologically) 121 of these were positive for brucellosis ,(14/6%).of 182 samples of milk collected from cattle 50 were positive (27/5%). serological test performed on 122 samples from cattle, goats and sheep cases were positive for brucellosis, (40%). the above study no doubt indicates that there is a high rate of human and animal infection with brucellosis in the city ghom.