Abstract
Maltese fever is one of the most common diseases in Iraq caused by the Brucella . It is zoonotic diseases. Brucellosis leads to abortion in animals, and it also causes serious systemic diseases in humans as a result of infection, which is mainly through eating dairy products, as well as direct contact with infected animals. Culture and serological tests were used to diagnose Brucellosis. The results showed that the bacterial isolates is of Brucella melitensis. The serological results showed that females are more susceptible to infection with Brucellosis than males. The positive samples in females reached to (70) out of (100) samples, while the positive samples in males reached to (54) out of (100) samples. On the other hand, the number of negative samples, which refer to that was no infection with Brucellosis in females and males, is (30) and (46) samples out of (100), respectively, the total number is (200) samples, including (124) positive samples and the other (76) negative samples. The study included different ages. Despite the spread of Brucellosis in all age groups, the most infections are recorded in the age group (21-30) years, it is reached (55) positive samples out of (70), followed by the age group (10-20) which was (29) positive samples out of (56) samples.
