Abstract
Brucella spp., causes zoonotic infections. Our objective was screening and risk factors of Brucella species among human sera samples in Sistan va Baluchistan province of Iran. Fifty three sera samples were positive using indirect Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA), but the Wright and 2-ME agglutination ...
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Brucella spp., causes zoonotic infections. Our objective was screening and risk factors of Brucella species among human sera samples in Sistan va Baluchistan province of Iran. Fifty three sera samples were positive using indirect Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA), but the Wright and 2-ME agglutination tests yielded lower positive cases. Thirty one (58.5 %) samples contained Brucella spp using PCR among which B. abortus and B. melitensis were detected in 25 (80.6 %) and 6 (19.4 %) of specimens, respectively. Risk factors associated with B. abortus and B. melitensis infection included age ranging 25-45 years (23/31), male sex (26/31) and consumption of dairy products (22/31). Consumption of unpasteurized cow milk and livestock exposure were the significant risk factors.
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Bioinformatics students should recognize their situation to their world. Today, we have a huge amount of publically available data that are yet to be analyzed. There is a big gap between the analyzed and well-understood data and the raw data. A bioinformatics researcher can play an important role ...
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Bioinformatics students should recognize their situation to their world. Today, we have a huge amount of publically available data that are yet to be analyzed. There is a big gap between the analyzed and well-understood data and the raw data. A bioinformatics researcher can play an important role in fixing this gap. They should consider the importance of their field and really focus on interdisciplinary education, to be effective both on the biomedical side and the computational side. On the other hand, I strongly recommend biology and medical students not to remain simple bioinformatics end users. I invite them to push themselves to learn more about the mathematics and computer science behind algorithms. On the other hand, I urge the informatics students to study the language and the methodology of biology and biomedicine. In conclusion, I invite them to pay attention to the biology.
