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Epidemiology of bovine brucellosis in Costa Rica: Lessons learned from failures in the control of the disease
(PLOS ONE, 2017-08-10)
Brucellosis, caused by Brucella abortus is a major disease of cattle and a zoonosis. In order
to estimate the bovine brucellosis prevalence in Costa Rica (CR), a total 765 herds (13078
bovines) from six regions of CR ...
Comparison of the antibody response in adult cattle against different epitopes of Brucella abortus lipopolysaccharide
(Blackwell, 2001)
The comparison of serological responses in a sample of adult, vaccinated and held-infected bovines with Brucella abortus is reported. Indirect enzyme immunoassav (EIA) titration curves and Western blotting tests for ...
Epidemiology of bovine anaplasmosis and babesiosis in Costa Rica
(Elsevier, 1994)
A serum bank created by the National Brucellosis Control Program during 1991 con sisted of approximately 4000 sera collected from farms in each of the seven provinces in
Costa Rica. Sera were used to determine the ...
A bvrR/bvrS Non-Polar Brucella abortus Mutant Confirms the Role of the Two-Component System BvrR/BvrS in Virulence and Membrane Integrity
(MDPI, 2023-08-05)
Brucella abortus is a bacterial pathogen causing bovine brucellosis worldwide. This facultative extracellular–intracellular pathogen can be transmitted to humans, leading to a zoonotic disease.
The disease remains a public ...