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            <journal-id journal-id-type="issn">0973-7510</journal-id>
            <journal-title-group>
                <journal-title>Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology</journal-title>
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            <issn pub-type="epub">2581-690X</issn>
            <publisher>
                <publisher-name>DR. M.N. Khan</publisher-name>
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            <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22207/JPAM.17.3.60</article-id>
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                <article-title>Seroprevalence and Identification of Brucella melitensis Based on a Glycosyltransferase Gene among Ruminants in Rafha, Saudi Arabia</article-title>
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				<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Abdellatif</surname>
                        <given-names>Muaz Magzob</given-names>
                    </name>
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						<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Ali</surname>
                        <given-names>Yahia Hassan</given-names>
                    </name>
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				<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Arafat</surname>
                        <given-names>Hussam Hassan</given-names>
                    </name>
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          <aff id="aff-1">Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences and Arts, Northern Border University, Arar, Saudi Arabia.</aff>
			 <aff id="aff-2">Virology Department, Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 8067, Khartoum, Sudan.</aff>
			 <aff id="aff-3">Department of Botany  &#38; Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Minia City - 61519, Egypt.</aff>
			 			
			
            <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2023-09-03">
                <day>03</day>
				<month>09</month>
                <year>2023</year>
            </pub-date>
            <volume>17</volume>
            <issue>3</issue>
            <fpage>1933</fpage>
            <lpage>1943</lpage>
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                <copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 2023 The Author(s)</copyright-statement>
                <copyright-year>2023</copyright-year>
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            <self-uri xlink:href="https://microbiologyjournal.org/seroprevalence-and-identification-of-brucella-melitensis-based-on-a-glycosyltransferase-gene-among-ruminants-in-rafha-saudi-arabia/"/>
            <abstract>
                <p>Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease with veterinary, public health, and economic implications. The study aimed to estimate the seroprevalence of Brucella spp. among ruminants in Rafha, Saudi Arabia during January to October 2022 and to identify camel strains based on a glycosyltransferase gene sequence. Sera (n=1012) were collected from non-vaccinated sheep, goats, camels and cattle of different sex, age and breed randomly from the abattoirs to investigate the circulating brucella antibodies using RBPT. One hundred and eighteen sera (9.7%) were reactive for Brucella spp. IgG immunoglobulins, with higher percentages detected in sheep (11.4%), females (13.3%), adults (10.7%), and naieme breed (13.9%). Significant correlation between Brucella spp. antibodies and animal species (0.095), age (0.077) was found, while strong correlation between antibodies and sex was observed. Glycosyltransferase gene was amplified and sequenced from camel reactive sera (n=6). Camel strains displayed multiple nucleotide substitutions and deletions, nucleotide identity among local strains is 96.2-100%. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Brucella spp. strains clustered in two groups, Rafha strains clustered in one group together with other strains. Further investigation is needed to determine the prevalence of the bacteria among farm animals and to identify the strains involved to improve the preventive measures and strategies adopted for control.</p>
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        <title>Keywords</title>
        <kwd>Brucella spp.</kwd>
        <kwd>Seroprevalence</kwd>
		<kwd>Glycosyltransferase Gene</kwd>
		<kwd>Ruminants</kwd>
        <kwd>Rafha</kwd>
		<kwd>Saudi Arabia</kwd>
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