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Active brucellosis was defined as the combination of clinical symptoms, including fever, chills, night sweats, headache, low back pain, arthralgia, or myalgia, and positive laboratory testing, including either a serum agglutination test (SAT) \u2a7e1:80 with a 2-mercaptoethanol (2-ME) test \u2a7e1:40, or a SAT &lt;1:80 combined with a positive Coombs Wright test (CWT) at a titre of at least threefold higher than SAT titre results. For the 536 participants, the female (316, 59%) to male (220, 41%) ratio was 1\u00b74 and the participants' mean age was 32\u00b74 \u00b1 18\u00b79 (range 1\u201396) years. Of all participants, 325 (60\u00b76%) showed clinical symptoms; in symptomatic participants, the Rose Bengal plate test was positive in 33 (6\u00b71%) cases, the SAT was positive in 18 (3\u00b73%) cases, and the 2-ME test was positive in 30 (5\u00b75%) cases. Positive SAT and 2-ME results were seen in 18 (3\u00b73%) cases, but a negative SAT and a positive CWT were found in 36 (6\u00b77%) cases. As a result, active brucellosis was detected in 54 cases, indicating a prevalence of 10% (95% confidence interval 8\u201312). In conclusion, we determined that brucellosis is a prevalent yet neglected disease in this nomadic population. 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