| comparison of serological tests for brucella melitensis infection in sheep. | a comparative study of the standard tube agglutination test (sat), rose bengal plate agglutination test and counter immuno-electrophoresis (ciep) was made on 647 sera from naturally aborting ewes, orchitic, in-contact and apparently healthy sheep with no history of vaccination against brucellosis. no individual test could detect all the 13 known positive reactors (the foetuses of which yielded brucella melitensis) but by combination of two tests all 13 were positive. the sat detected more reacto ... | 1991 | 2038764 |
| protean clinical manifestations and diagnostic challenges of human brucellosis in adults: 16 years' experience in an endemic area. | a prospective study was carried out to elucidate the clinical, epidemiological and laboratory features of human brucellosis. a total of 26 948 blood samples (from adults aged 15 years and above) were screened for serological evidence of brucellosis over a period of 16 years. the slide agglutination/rose bengal plate agglutination test gave positive results in 517 patients, of which 509 had detectable titres by the standard tube agglutination test (sat). the diagnosis of brucellosis was documente ... | 2006 | 16772417 |