Publications by authors named "Cigdem Eda Balkan"
Article Synopsis
- Brucellosis is an infectious disease caused by bacteria, and early diagnosis is important to prevent serious health issues; the study evaluates the effectiveness of a multiplex real-time PCR (mRT-PCR) method compared to traditional diagnostic techniques.
- A total of 249 serum samples from suspected brucellosis patients were tested using serological methods, blood cultures, and mRT-PCR, leading to the identification of 215 cases, with varying sensitivity results across different testing approaches.
- The findings support that mRT-PCR is a valuable diagnostic tool, especially for patients with negative serological test results, as it detected additional cases and identified Brucella species in the samples.
Objective: In this study, we determined the seroprevalence of Brucella in the blood of bovine and ovine animals and in the blood of the people who raise these animals to produce cheese in two rural counties that use two different methods of cheese production in Erzurum Province in Turkey.
Materials And Methods: Samples are taken from 100 bovine animals, 100 ovine animals, 100 young people between the ages of 10-20 years and 100 adults between the ages of 20-60 years. The samples were tested with the Rose Bengal Plate Test (RBPT), the Serum Agglutination Test (SAT), the Coombs' Test and a micro-ELISA.