Reemergence of Brucella melitensis infection in wildlife, France

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Garin Bastuji, Bruno ^a   Hars, Jean ^b   Drapeau, Antoine ^a   Cherfa, Moulay Ali ^a   Game, Yvette ^c   Le Horgne, Jean Marie ^c   Rautureau, Séverine ^d   Maucci, Eric ^e   Pasquier, Jean Jacques ^f   Jay, Maryne ^a   Mick, Virginie ^a  

^a FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^b French Hunting and Wildlife Agency   (France)

^c Departmental Veterinary Services of Savoie   (France)

^d French Ministry of Agriculture   (France)

^e Departmental Veterinary Laboratory of Haute Savoie   (France)

^f Departmental Hunters Association of Haute Savoie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROSE BENGAL I 131;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CAPRA IBEX; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; DISEASE RE-EMERGENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FRANCE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RED DEER; ROE DEER; RUPICAPRA; SEROLOGY; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; VETERINARY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FRANCE;

EID: 84906219746     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2009.131517     Document Type: Letter

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