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Brucella neotomae infection in humans, Costa Rica
(Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017-06)
Several species of Brucella are known to be zoonotic, but B. neotomae infection has been thought to be limited to wood rats. In 2008 and 2011, however, B. neotomae was isolated from cerebrospinal fluid of 2 men with ...
Human Brucella melitensis infections in southern Vietnam
(European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2017-06-29)
Brucellosis is a collective term for infections caused by small Gram-negative coccobacilli belonging to genus Brucella. This genus incorporates the well-described animal pathogens Brucella melitensis, Brucella abortus, ...
Brucella abortus uses a stealthy strategy to avoid activation of the innate immune system during the onset of infection
(PLOS ONE, 2007-07-18)
Background. To unravel the strategy by which Brucella abortus establishes chronic infections, we explored its early interaction with innate immunity. Methodology/Principal Findings. Brucella did not induce proinflammatory ...
Applying One Health to understand brucellosis biology
(Microbiology Society UKCongreso de la Sociedad de Microbiología del Reino Unido, 2019-04-08)
Members of the Brucella genus, are facultative extracellular intracellular zoonotic bacteria that cause reproductive disease in animals. The different species show strong host preference in spite of sharing 96-98% similarity ...
Hallazgos anatomopatológicos en virtopsia, necropsia, bacteriología e histopatología del sistema nervioso central de cetáceos encallados en las playas de Costa Rica durante el periodo 2017-2021
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2021-10-08)
La fauna de cetáceos en Costa Rica incluye una estimación de 30 especies,
esta biodiversidad representa el 33% de las especies de cetáceos del mundo y, por lo
tanto, anualmente se reportan encallamientos de cetáceos a ...