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The diagnosis of brucellosis was documented in 495 (1.8\u200a%) patients based on diagnostic titres (\u2a7e1\u200a:\u200a160, 490 cases) and rising titres from insignificant titres (four cases) by serology and for one case by blood-culture isolation alone. Blood cultures were carried out in 345 cases, of which 191 cases (55.3\u200a%) yielded<jats:italic>Brucella melitensis<\/jats:italic>. In 77\/79 cases undertaken for follow up, there was a steady fall in 2-mercaptoethanol (2ME) agglutination titres along with clinical improvement (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;0.01). SAT titres remained detectable in most cases for a longer period in spite of an effective antimicrobial therapy and clinical recovery. A substantial number of patients (84.2\u200a%) presented with fever, this being the only complaint in 51.1\u200a% of the cases. 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