TY - JOUR JF - ISMJ JO - Iran South Med J VL - 9 IS - 1 PY - 2006 Y1 - 2006/9/01 TI - Seroepidemiological prevalence of brucellosis in livestock breeders of the central rural area of Bushehr province 2003-4 TT - سرو اپیدمیولوژی بروسلوز در دامداران روستاهای بخش مرکزی استان بوشهر 83-1382 N2 - Background: Brucellosis is the most important zoonotic disease. As Brucellosis is endemic in Iran, this study was designed to evaluate seroepidemiological prevalence of brucellosis in livestock breeders of the central rural area of Bushehr province in 2003-2004. Methods: Sera of 397 livestock breeders from the central rural area of Bushehr province were collected and tested for anti-brucella IgG antibody using ELISA method. Results: The prevalence of brucellosis in livestock breeders was 10.8%. Brucella seropositively was found to have a significant association with sheep contact and abortion in domestic animals (p SP - 51 EP - 58 AU - Vahdat, Katayoon AU - Jafary, Seyed Mojtaba AU - Hashemi, Seyedeh Masoomeh AD - KW - Brucellosis KW - seroepidemiology KW - livestock breeders KW - ELISA UR - http://ismj.bpums.ac.ir/article-1-46-en.html ER -