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 …

Fifty years ago, bacteria in the genus Brucella were known to cause infertility and
reproductive losses. At that time, the genus was considered to contain only 3 species …

At present, laboratory diagnosis of human brucellosis is based on isolation of the bacteria
from clinical samples followed by standard microbiological tube testing, detection of anti …

Two slow-growing, Gram-negative, non-motile, non-spore-forming, coccoid bacteria (strains
F60T and F965), isolated in Austria from mandibular lymph nodes of two red foxes (Vulpes …

Brucellosis in humans is a zoonosis of greatly varied clinical image. It occurs on all inhabited
continents. The course of the disease may be acute, sub-acute or chronic. The etiologic …

Brucella is an intracellular bacterium that causes abortion, reproduction failure in livestock
and leads to a debilitating flu-like illness with serious chronic complications if untreated in …

A Gram-negative, non-motile, non-spore-forming coccoid bacterium (strain BO1T) was
isolated recently from a breast implant infection of a 71-year-old female patient with clinical …

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

Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonosis with a huge economic impact on animal husbandry and
public health. The diagnosis of human brucellosis can be protracted because the disease …

The epidemiological link between brucellosis in wildlife and brucellosis in livestock and
people is widely recognised. When studying brucellosis in wildlife, three questions arise:(i) …