Advances in laboratory diagnostic studies of brucellosis
Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease with multiple clinical presentations.Due to the variety of clinical presentations and the lack of specific symptoms,laboratory diagnosis is essential to confirm the di-agnosis and treatment of the disease.The traditional laboratory tests for Brucella can be divided into culture,identification,and serological tests.Nucleic acid amplification tests are a new development that has emerged in recent years and a variety of molecular diagnostic techniques have been applied to the detection of Brucella.In this paper,we will describe the most common and updated laboratory testing methods for Brucella and com-pare their advantages and disadvantages to provide a more comprehensive guide for the diagnosis and treatment of brucellosis.