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Multispecies competitive enzyme\u2010linked immunosorbent assay (cELISA) and multispecies indirect ELISA (iELISA) were used to detect\n                    <jats:italic>Brucella<\/jats:italic>\n                    antibodies, while real\u2010time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was used to detect the DNA of genus Brucella and its major species (\n                    <jats:italic>Brucella<\/jats:italic>\n                    (\n                    <jats:italic>B<\/jats:italic>\n                    .)\n                    <jats:italic>abortus<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>B. melitensis<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>B. ovis<\/jats:italic>\n                    ). Flock seroprevalences of\n                    <jats:italic>Brucella<\/jats:italic>\n                    infection were 13.6% (95% CI: 9.8%\u201318.3%) and 25.5% (95% CI: 20.3%\u201331.0%) based on iELISA and cELISA, respectively. While animal seroprevalences were 2.31% (95% CI: 1.8\u20132.9) and 4.84% (95% CI: 4.1\u20135.7) on the basis of iELISA and cELISA, respectively. Flock seroprevalence was associated with flock size, whereas animal seroprevalence was associated with region, holding type, species, and age. The genus\n                    <jats:italic>Brucella<\/jats:italic>\n                    DNA was detected in the sera of 28.21% (11\/39) of seropositive small ruminants. The 11\n                    <jats:italic>Brucella<\/jats:italic>\n                    genus positive sera were further identified into three\n                    <jats:italic>B. ovis<\/jats:italic>\n                    , three mixed infections of\n                    <jats:italic>B. melitensis<\/jats:italic>\n                    with either\n                    <jats:italic>B. abortus<\/jats:italic>\n                    or\n                    <jats:italic>B. ovis<\/jats:italic>\n                    , two\n                    <jats:italic>B. melitensis<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and one\n                    <jats:italic>B. abortus<\/jats:italic>\n                    . While the remaining two were not positive for any of the three species. In conclusion, although animal seroprevalences were low by both ELISA tests, flock seroprevalences were relatively high. Besides,\n                    <jats:italic>B. melitensis<\/jats:italic>\n                    was the dominant species that was detected in the sera small ruminants posing zoonotic threat to the public. 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