A Comparative Study of Microplate Agglutination Test (MAT) with Enzyme Linked Immunosorbant Assay (ELISA) for Diagnosis of Brucellosis

History of animal contact is expected in these profession i.e., agriculture, veterinary, dairy farming and animal husbandry. Brucellosis is a Zoonotic disease and is not uncommon in the rural population of our country. Brucellosis is one of the most common zoonosis and continues to be a major public health concern globally especially in the developing countries. The disease can be missed in the early stage for the other diseases due to great variety of clinical manifestation. It is difficult and often impossible for a physician to give clinical diagnosis with certainty. 2 important reasons could be due to multiplicity of illness it mimics, lack of adequate facilities in most hospitals for establishing the diagnosis and lack of awareness of the disease. Though it is primarily a disease seen in animals and can be International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 10 (2017) pp. 1550-1558 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com