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Brucellosis
Author: Prof Jacques Godfroid
Adapted from: Godfroid J., Bishop G.C., Bosman P.P. & Herr S. 2004. Bovine brucellosis, in Infectious
diseases of livestock, edited by J.A.W. Coetzer & R.C. Tustin. Oxford University Press, Cape Town, 3:
1510-1527.
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
REFERENCES
On line
1. Guidelines for Coordinated human and animal brucellosis surveillance. FAO 2003.
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/005/y4723E/y4723E00.pdf
2. World Animal Health Information Database (WAHID) Interface.
http://web.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=home
3. OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals 2011. Bovine brucellosis.
http://www.oie.int/fileadmin/Home/eng/Health_standards/tahm/2.04.03_BOVINE_BRUCELL.pdf
4. OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals 2011. Caprine and ovine
brucellosis.
http://www.oie.int/fileadmin/Home/eng/Health_standards/tahm/2.07.02_CAPRINE_OVINE_BRUC
.pdf
5. OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals 2011. Ovine epididymitis
http://www.oie.int/fileadmin/Home/eng/Health_standards/tahm/2.07.09_OVINE_EPID.pdf
Books and book chapters
1. Techniques for the brucellosis laboratory. Alton GG, Jones LM, Angus RD, Verger JM. 1st
edition. Paris: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique; 1988.
2. Animal brucellosis. Nielsen K, Duncan JR, editors. Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press; 1990.
3. Infectious diseases of livestock. Coetzer JAW, Tustin RC, editors. Oxford (Southern Africa), 2004
- 3 volumes.
- Brucella abortus infection. Godfroid J, Bishop GC, Bosman PP, Herr S.
- Brucellamelitensis infection. Godfroid J, Garin-Bastuji B, Blasco JM, Thoen CO, Angus RD.
- Brucella ovis infection. Blasco JM, Garin-Bastuji B, Thoen CO, Gilsdorf MJ, Godfroid J.
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- Brucella melitensis infection. Godfroid J, Angus RD, Thoen CO.
- Brucellosis in wildlife. Godfroid J.
4. Infectious and parasitic diseases of livestock - Lavoisier and Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau
– International (ed.), France, 2010, 971-1001.
- Bovine brucellosis. Saegerman C, Berkvens D, Godfroid J, Walravens K.
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Literature
1. Bricker B.J., Ewalt D.R., Olsen S.C., Jensen A.E. Evaluation of the Brucella abortus speciesspecific polymerase chain reaction assay, an improved version of the Brucella AMOS polymerase
chain reaction assay for cattle. J Vet Diagn Invest. 2003;15:374-8.
2. Garcia-Yoldi D., Marin C.M., de Miguel M.J., Munoz P.M., Vizmanos J.L., Lopez-Goni I. Multiplex
PCR assay for the identification and differentiation of all Brucellas pecies and the vaccine strains
Brucella abortus S19 and RB51 and Brucella melitensis Rev1. Clin Chem. 2006;52:779-81.
3. el Idrissi A.H., Benkirane A., el Maadoudi M, Bouslikhane M., Berrada J., Zerouali A. Comparison
of the efficacy of Brucella abortus strain RB51 and Brucella melitensis Rev. 1 live vaccines
against experimental infection with Brucella melitensis in pregnant ewes. Rev Sci Tech.
2001;20:741-7.
4. Godfroid, J., Cloeckaert, A., Liautard, J.P., Kohler, S., Fretin, D., Walravens, K., Garin-Bastuji, B.,
Letesson, J.J., 2005. From the discovery of the Malta fever's agent to the discovery of a marine
mammal reservoir, brucellosis has continuously been a re-emerging zoonosis. Veterinary
Research 36, 313-326.
5. Godfroid J., Scholz H.C., Barbier T., Nicolas C., Wattiau P., Fretin D., Whatmore A.M., Cloeckaert
A., Blasco J.M., Moriyon I., Saegerman C., Muma J.B., Al Dahouk S., Neubauer H., Letesson J.J.
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and selection of tandem repeat loci for a Brucella MLVA typing assay. BMC Microbiol. 2006;6:9.
7. Marcotty, T., Matthys, F., Godfroid, J., Rigouts, L., Ameni, G., van Pittius, N.G., Kazwala, R.,
Muma, J., van Helden, P., Walravens, K., de Klerk, L.M., Geoghegan, C., Mbotha, D., Otte, M.,
Amenu, K., bu Samra, N., Botha, C., Ekron, M., Jenkins, A., Jori, F., Kriek, N., McCrindle, C.,
Michel, A., Morar, D., Roger, F., Thys, E., van den Bossche, P., 2009. Zoonotic tuberculosis and
brucellosis in Africa: neglected zoonoses or minor public-health issues? The outcomes of a multidisciplinary workshop. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 103, 401-411.
8. Moriyon, I., Grillo, M.J., Monreal, D., Gonzalez, D., Marin, C., Lopez-Goni, I., Mainar-Jaime, R.C.,
Moreno, E., Blasco, J.M., 2004. Rough vaccines in animal brucellosis: Structural and genetic
basis and present status. Veterinary Research 35, 1-38.
9. Pappas G., Papadimitriou P., Akritidis N., Christou L., Tsianos E.V. The new global map of
human brucellosis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2006;6:9110. Whatmore A.M. Current understanding of the genetic diversity of Brucella, an expanding genus of
zoonotic pathogens. Infect Genet Evol. 2009;9:1168-84.
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11. Zinsstag, J., Schelling, E., Roth, F., Bonfoh, B., de Savigny, D., Tanner, M., 2007. Human
benefits of animal interventions for zoonosis control. Emerging Infectious Diseases 13, 527-531.
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