seroprevalences and local variation of human and livestock brucellosis in two villages in gharbia governorate, egypt. | this study aimed at assessing the epidemiology of brucellosis among both human and livestock populations in an endemic area in egypt. a cross-sectional survey was conducted in two villages, where 616 inhabitants (aged 3-75 years) and 350 livestock of 97 households were enrolled. sera were tested for brucella spp. antibodies by tube agglutination test for both populations. proportions of seropositive sera were 0.0 and 1.7% among the inhabitants, and 0.0 and 16% among livestock of villages i and i ... | 2007 | 17604066 |