Brucellosis due to Brucella suis in a swine herd associated with a human clinical case in the State of São Paulo, Brazil

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1575-1579

  Meirelles Bartoli, Raphaella Barbosa ^a   Mathias, Luis Antonio ^b   Samartino, Luis Ernesto ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Brucella growth; Brucella suis infection in humans; Clinical signs; Routine methods; Swine brucellosis outbreak

Indexed keywords

MERCAPTOETHANOL; ROSE BENGAL;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ABORTED FETUS; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; ROSE BENGAL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR SUIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84866165760     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-012-0108-2     Document Type: Article

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