1. Isolation of brucella strains in cattle from sedentary and nomadic communities and its public health implication
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Wilson J. Bertu, Marie J. Ducrotoy, Reuben A. Ocholi, Amahyel M. Gusi, Ignacio Moriyón, and S. Ngulukun
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Microbiology (medical) ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Bacteria ,biology ,Isolation (health care) ,Public health ,General Medicine ,Brucella ,biology.organism_classification ,Brucellosis ,lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases ,Infectious Diseases ,Infectiones ,Environmental health ,medicine ,lcsh:RC109-216 - Abstract
Brucellosis is a highly infectious disease caused by bacteria of the genus brucella affecting animals leading to high economic loss and an impediment to livestock exportation. It also infects man with serious public health consequences. The disease is one of the world’smost important neglected tropical zoonoses. Brucellosis is considered endemic in Nigeria and current information on isolation in sedentary and nomadic cattle is required. We carried out an active surveillance in sedentary cattle in Kachia Grazing Reserve (KGR), Kaduna State and in nomadic communities on the Jos Plateau to isolate brucella organisms and carry out phenotypic and molecular characterization of the isolates to species level
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- 2020
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