Comparison of Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (qRT-PCR) and Agglutination Assays in Diagnosis of Brucellosis in Golestan Province, North of Iran

Comparison of Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (qRT-PCR) and Agglutination Assays in Diagnosis of Brucellosis in Golestan Province, North of Iran

Introduction: Brucellosis is one of the most common zoonotic infections worldwide. The clinical symptoms of brucellosis are similar to a wide range of diseases; hence, reliable diagnostic and laboratory methods are required to identify the causative agent. Iran is an endemic region of brucellosis, a...

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Main Authors: Behnaz Khodabakhshi, Abdollah Abbasi, Mobina Torabi Rostami, Hamid Reza Joshaghani, Gholamreza Roshandel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pasteur Institute of Iran 2019-10-01
Series:Journal of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
brucellosis
qpcr
serological tests
humans
Online Access:http://jommid.pasteur.ac.ir/article-1-179-en.html

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