Article
Molecular characterization of zoonotic Brucella species isolated from animal and human samples in Iran.
Acta tropica - 1 May 2022
Dadar Maryam, Alamian Saeed, Tadayon Keyvan, Ashford Roland T, Whatmore Adrian M
Abstract excerpt
Brucellosis is an endemic infection in Iran and represents a serious health problem in humans and livestock causing important economic losses. The objective of this study was to undertake molecular characterization of Brucella spp. isolated from humans and livestock in several provinces of Iran including by multi-locus sequence typing (MLST), in order to understand the genotypes circulating in Iran and their...
Topics
- Animals
- Brucella abortus
- Brucella melitensis
- Brucellosis
- Cattle
- Female
- Genotype
- Goats
- Humans
- Iran
- Multilocus Sequence Typing
- Sheep
