RESUMEN

Two hundred and fifty human serum samples were collected (122 from general population and the rest from people associated with animals) from central Kerala and tested for Brucella agglutinins using various standard tests. The overall seropositivity for brucellosis using all the tests was 1.6%. Among the general population a prevalence of 2.45% was observed and among the veterinary students 1.14%.

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Enfermedades de los Trabajadores Agrícolas/epidemiología , Crianza de Animales Domésticos , Brucelosis/epidemiología , Veterinarios , Crianza de Animales Domésticos/estadística & datos numéricos , Femenino , Humanos , India/epidemiología , Masculino , Población Rural , Estudios Seroepidemiológicos , Veterinarios/estadística & datos numéricos