Prevalence of the Most Common Virulence-Associated Genes among Brucella Melitensis Isolates from Human Blood Cultures in Hamadan Province, West of Iran

Brucellosis is a widespread zoonotic disease causing considerable economic and public health problems. Despite animal vaccination, brucellosis remains endemic in some areas such as Iran, especially in the western Iranian province of Hamadan. We sought to detect some of the most common virulence-asso...

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Main Authors: Zahra Naseri, Mohammad Yousef Alikhani, Seyed Hamid Hashemi, Farideh Kamarehei, Mohammad Reza Arabestani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2016-09-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://ijms.sums.ac.ir/index.php/IJMS/article/view/1655