brucellosis is a debilitative disease that imposes costs on both economy and society. it is shown that although the vaccine can prevent abortion, it does not provide complete protection against infection. in iran, brucella melitensis is a common causative agent for brucellosis and bp26 protein of this bacterium having a good antigenesity and an important vaccine candidate. in this study b. meli...

Legionella is an opportunistic pathogen with a biphasic life cycle that occasionally infects humans. The aim of the study was to assess distribution virulence genes and genetic diversity among L. pneumophila isolated from water supply systems residential buildings in Latvia. In total, 492 samples 200 were collected. Identification spp. performed according ISO 11731, 58 isolates subjected whole-...

Brucellosis is the lion's share of infectious disease of animals and it has a particular socio-economic importance for the Republic of Kazakhstan. Sixty percent of epizootic outbreaks of brucellosis identified in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) originated from Kazakhstan in recent years. Definitive diagnosis of brucellosis remains a difficult task. Precisely for this reason, we eva...

Previously a Brucella protein named CP28, BP26, or Omp28 has been identified as an immunodominant antigen in infected cattle, sheep, goats, and humans. In the present study we evaluated antibody responses of infected and B. melitensis Rev.1-vaccinated sheep to the BP26 protein using purified recombinant BP26 protein produced in Escherichia coli in an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (...

Abstract Background Brucellosis is a serious zoonosis disease that frequently causes significant economic loss in animal husbandry and threatens human health. Therefore, we established rapid, accurate, simple sensitive fluorescent immunochromatographic strip test (ICST) based on quantum dots (QDs) for detection the antibodies of Brucella infection animals serum. Results The strips were successf...