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Brucella sp. sequence‑type 27 associated with abortion in dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima
(Springer Link, 2021-05-18)
A dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima stranded alive along the Central Pacifc Coast of Costa Rica. The whale, handled by tourists and local inhabitants, was weak, had buoyancy difculties, and eventually aborted and died, showing ...
A Sinorhizobium meliloti and Agrobacterium tumefaciens ExoR ortholog is not crucial for Brucella abortus virulence
(PLOS ONE, 2021-08-13)
Brucella is a facultative extracellular-intracellular pathogen that belongs to the Alphaproteo-
bacteria class. Precise sensing of environmental changes and a proper response mediated
by a gene expression regulatory ...
Canine brucellosis in Costa Rica reveals widespread Brucella canis infection and the recent introduction of foreign strains
(Elsevier, 2021-04-16)
Brucellosis is a prevalent disease in Costa Rica (CR), with an increasing number of human infections. Close to half of homes in CR have one or more dogs, corresponding to ∼1.4 million canines, most of them in the Central ...
Brucella abortus S19 GFP-tagged vaccine allows the serological identification of vaccinated cattle
(PLOS ONE, 2021-11-22)
Bovine brucellosis induces abortion in cows, produces important economic losses, and
causes a widely distributed zoonosis. Its eradication was achieved in several countries after
sustained vaccination with the live ...
The one hundred year journey of the genus Brucella (Mayer and Shaw 1920)
(Oxford University Press, 2021-01-01)
The genus Brucella, described by Meyer and Shaw in 1920, comprises bacterial pathogens of veterinary and public health relevance. For 36 years, the genus came to include three species that caused brucellosis in livestock ...
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 ...