Brucellosis is one of the most common contagious and communicable zoonotic diseases
with high rates of morbidity and lifetime sterility. There has been a momentous increase over …

Brucellosis not only represents an important health restraint on livestock but also causes
high economic losses in many developing countries worldwide. Despite considerable efforts …

Aim To describe and discuss the merits of various direct and indirect methods applied in
vitro (mainly on blood or milk) or in vivo (allergic test) for the diagnosis of brucellosis in …

Following the recent discovery of new Brucella strains from different animal species and
from the environment, ten Brucella species are nowadays included in the genus Brucella …

This practical book provides an updated resource for the identification of bacteria found in
animals inhabiting the aquatic environment, illustrated with colour photos. It contains …

Brucellosis is not a sustainable disease in humans. The source of human infection always
resides in domestic or wild animal reservoirs. The routes of infection are multiple: food …

Small Gram-negative cocco-bacilli resembling Brucella strains have been reported from
marine mammals since the mid-1990s. Their placement in the genus Brucella has been …

Denitrification is a facultative respiratory pathway in which nitrite (NO2−), nitric oxide (NO),
and nitrous oxide (N2O) are successively reduced to nitrogen gas (N2), effectively closing …

Abstract Background The classification of Brucella into species and biovars relies on
phenotypic characteristics and sometimes raises difficulties in the interpretation of the results …

Brucella species are responsible for brucellosis, one of the world's most widespread
zoonotic diseases causing abortion in domestic animals and a potentially debilitating …