Isolation of brucella microti from mandibular lymph nodes of red Foxes, vulpes vulpes, in Lower Austria

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-155

  Scholz, Holger Christian ^a   Hofer, Erwin ^b   Vergnaud, Gilles ^c,d   Fleche, Philippe Le ^c,d   Whatmore, Adrian M ^e   Dahouk, Sascha Al ^f   Pfeffer, Martin ^a   Krüger, Monika ^g   Cloeckaert, Axel ^h   Tomaso, Herbert ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^c CENTRE D ETUDES DU BOUCHET   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^e VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^f RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^h UR1282   (France)

Author keywords

Austria; Brucella microti; Red foxes; South Moravia; Wide geographic distribution

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RNA 16S; UREASE;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MICROTI; CELL GROWTH; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; FOX; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LYMPH NODE; MANDIBLE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; TANDEM REPEAT; VOLE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; FOXES; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; LYMPH NODES; MANDIBLE; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI; REC A RECOMBINASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BRUCELLA; CANIDAE; COCCOIDEA; MICROTUS ARVALIS; NEGIBACTERIA; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 65249094678     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0036     Document Type: Article

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