Talukder M A, Moaz A, Al Admawy O, Higham R H, Legaspi E
Dev Biol Stand. 1984;56:597-9.
This study was undertaken to estimate the prevalence of Brucellosis in patients attending the Armed Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The method used was the standard agglutination test with doubling dilutions of sera from 10 to 5120. Further dilutions were made in 19 strongly positive ones at 5120 titre. A titre of 160 or more was considered significant for the diagnosis. Positive and negative control sera were used for each batch. The result of 1733 patient's sera tested showed that 153 (8.8%) were positive. Of these, 19 had titre greater than 5120. Two hundred and fifty five patients (14.7%) had titres ranging from 20 to 80. The prevalence of brucellosis in the patients studied by serological tests is 8.8% and control measures are necessary in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
本研究旨在评估沙特阿拉伯王国利雅得武装部队医院就诊患者中布鲁氏菌病的患病率。采用的方法是标准凝集试验，血清稀释倍数从10倍至5120倍。对19份滴度为5120的强阳性血清进行了进一步稀释。滴度为160或更高被认为对诊断有意义。每一批次均使用阳性和阴性对照血清。对1733例患者血清检测结果显示，153例（8.8%）呈阳性。其中，19例滴度大于5120。255例患者（14.7%）滴度在20至80之间。通过血清学检测的患者中布鲁氏菌病患病率为8.8%，沙特阿拉伯王国需要采取控制措施。
