Brucella organisms are responsible for one of the most widespread bacterial zoonoses,
named brucellosis. The disease affects several species of animals, including humans. One …

The impacts of climate change on the health of marine mammals are increasingly being
recognised. Given the rapid rate of environmental change in the Arctic, the potential …

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 …

Desmodus rotundus, vampire bats, transmit dangerous infections, and brucellosis is a
hazardous zoonotic disease, two adversities that coexist in the subtropical and tropical …

Introduction Mammals are the main hosts for Brucella sp., agents of worldwide zoonosis.
Marine cetaceans and pinnipeds can be infected by Brucella ceti and B. pinnipedialis …

Infectious and inflammatory processes are among the most common causes of central
nervous system involvement in stranded cetaceans. Meningitis and encephalitis are among …

Aggressive behavior of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) towards conspecifics is
widely described, but they have also often been reported attacking and killing harbour …

Intracellular bacterial pathogens probably arose when their ancestor adapted from a free-
living environment to an intracellular one, leading to clonal bacteria with smaller genomes …

Brucella ceti infections have been increasingly reported in cetaceans. In this study, we
analyzed all cases of B. ceti infection detected in striped dolphins stranded along the Italian …

Extension of known ecological niches of Brucella has included the description of two novel
species from marine mammals. Brucella pinnipedialis is associated predominantly with …