Detecting biothreat agents: From current diagnostics to developing sensor technologies

SA Walper, G Lasarte Aragonés, KE Sapsford… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Although a fundamental understanding of the pathogenicity of most biothreat agents has
been elucidated and available treatments have increased substantially over the past …

Polymerase chain reaction–based assays for the diagnosis of human brucellosis

Y Wang, Z Wang, Y Zhang, L Bai, Y Zhao, C Liu… - Annals of clinical …, 2014 - Springer
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is an in vitro technique for the nucleic acid amplification,
which is commonly used to diagnose infectious diseases. The use of PCR for pathogens …

Acute Febrile Illness Caused by Brucella Abortus Infection in Humans in Pakistan

A Saddique, S Ali, S Akhter, I Khan… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Brucellosis is a zoonosis of great and worldwide public health concern that can cause a
severe febrile illness in humans. In Pakistan, brucellosis is a critical problem in both animals …

Occurrence and risk factors of brucellosis among domestic animals: an artificial neural network approach

M ZareBidaki, E Allahyari, T Zeinali… - Tropical Animal Health …, 2022 - Springer
Brucellosis is a zoonotic infectious disease with a worldwide distribution. This cross-
sectional study aimed to determine the occurrence of Brucella in milk and blood samples of …

An epidemiological study of brucellosis in different animal species from the Al-qassim region, Saudi Arabia

AM Almuzaini - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Brucellosis is a zoonotic bacterial illness that affects humans and a variety of domestic
animals, especially ruminants. It is mostly transmitted through the consumption of …

Potential risk of blood transfusion‐transmitted brucellosis in an endemic area of C hina

W Wang, Q Liao, X Wu, S Hou, Y Wang, J Wu… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background Brucellosis is a severe zoonotic disease that is increasingly prevalent in north C
hina. A study evaluating B rucella infection in blood donors was conducted at K ashi central …

Detection of major food-borne pathogens in raw milk samples from dairy bovine and ovine herds in Iran

F Haghi, H Zeighami, G Naderi, A Samei… - Small Ruminant …, 2015 - Elsevier
Food safety has emerged as an important global issue with international trade and public
health implications. Bacterial pathogens are major etiological agents of diseases related to …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative application of droplet-based digital and quantitative real-time PCR for human brucellosis detection

X Liu, X Bao, L Gao, G Li, Z Chen, J Zhai - Diagnostic Microbiology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
We evaluated the diagnostic value of droplet-based digital PCR (dd-PCR) by comparing it
with the quantitative real-time PCR (RT-qPCR) for detecting Brucella DNA, 487 whole blood …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnosis of cattle brucellosis by PCR and serological methods: Comparison of diagnostic tests

S Saadat, J Mardaneh, M Ahouran… - Biomedical and …, 2017 - biomedpharmajournal.org
Brucellosis is one of the most widespread zoonotic diseases globally. This chronic,
contagious disease mainly transmitted from cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and camels through …

Epidemiological, molecular characterization and risk factors of human brucellosis in Iran

A Etemadi, R Moniri, M Saffari, H Akbari… - Asian Pacific Journal …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To determine epidemiological, molecular characterization, and potential risk
factors of human brucellosis. Methods: This descriptive study was carried out in the clinical …