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RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PREVALENCE OF SOIL BORNE BRUCELLA SPECIES DETECTED BY METAGENOMICS APPROACH IN PUNJAB, PAKISTAN
R. Ahmed, K. Muhammad, M. Rabbani, M. S. Khan, A. A. Anjum1and J. Muhammad.

R. Ahmed*1, K. Muhammad1, M. Rabbani1, M. S. Khan2, A. A. Anjum1and 1J. Muhammad.

1Department of Microbiology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore;

2Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore

Corresponding Author: dr.raisahmad2068@gmail.com
Page Number(s): 1888-1895
Published Online First: December 01, 2017
Publication Date: December 01, 2017
ABSTRACT

Brucella species infect animals and also have zoonotic effect. In the present study, risk factors associated with existence of Brucella species in soil were investigated by using metagenomics approach. By using grid based sampling strategy, soil samples (n= 1280) were collected from 256 villages (5 samples/village) of nine districts of Punjab including Lahore, Faisalabad, Sheikhupura, Sargodha, Dera Ghazi Khan, Chakwal, Sahiwal, Gujranwala and Attock. Physical risk factors such as distance near to water irrigation source, distance near to animal market and animal density per village were significantly associated (OR>1) with the prevalence of soil borne Brucella species while other risk factors such as distance from main road and No. of houses per village were less associated (OR<1). Association of chemical risk factors was analyzed by mann-whitney test assuming level of significance of 0.1 and 90% confidence interval. Manganese, lead, zinc, silt, clay, organic matter and soluble salts are significantly associated (P<0.1) with the prevalence of Brucella species while other risk factors including pH, sand, moisture, nitrogen, phosphorus, nickel, cadmium, copper, chromium, iron, calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium were not associated (P>0.1). In conclusion, physical and chemical risk factors showed association with prevalence of soil borne Brucella species through metagenomics analysis.

Keywords: Brucella, DNA, risk factors, PCR, Soil, Metagenomics
Open Access: This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).


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