Research Article: Seroprevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Brucellosis Among Human Population in Duhok City, Iraq
Introduction:
Brucellosis is an infectious zoonotic disease caused by members of the genus Brucella . It is also known commonly as Mediterranean fever, undulant fever, and remitting fever. Moreover, annually about , cases of brucellosis are reported, or about /, of the population. Human Brucellosis is caused by four spp. namely: B. suis, B. melitensis, B. abortus , and B. canis . Brucella species are gram-negative, lacking capsule, or endospores, intracellular coccobacilli and do not produce toxins. Brucella suis which infect…
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