Angélica M Sánchez-Sarmiento, Vitor L Carvalho, Josué Díaz-Delgado, Rodrigo A Ressio, Natália C C A Fernandes, Juliana M Guerra, Carlos Sacristán, Kátia R Groch, Natalia Silvestre-Perez, Eduardo Ferreira-Machado, Samira Costa-Silva, Pedro Navas-Suárez, Ana C O Meirelles, Cintia Favero, Juliana Marigo, Carolina P Bertozzi, Adriana C Colosio, Milton C C Marcondes, Marta J Cremer, Nairléia Dos Santos Silva, Jose Soares Ferreira Neto, Lara B Keid, Rodrigo Soares, Eva Sierra, Antonio Fernández, José L Catão-Dias
Brucella-exposure and infection is increasingly recognized in marine mammals worldwide. To better understand the epidemiology and health impacts of Brucella spp. in marine mammals of Brazil, molecular (conventional PCR and/or real-time PCR), serological (Rose Bengal Test [RBT], Competitive [c]ELISA, Serum Agglutination Test [SAT]), pathologic, immunohistochemical (IHC) and/or microbiological investigations were conducted in samples of 129 stranded or by-caught marine mammals (orders Cetartiodactyla [n= 124], Carnivora [n= 4] and Sirenia [n= 1])...
April 13, 2019: Transboundary and Emerging Diseases