Cross-Border Molecular Tracing of Brucellosis in Europe
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Date
2012
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Elsevier Sci Ltd
Abstract
To assess the general impact of endemic countries on the re-emergence of brucellosis in non-endemic regions of the European Union, the genetic fingerprints of Brucella melitensis strains imported to Germany were compared to ovine strains from Turkey in a molecular epidemiological study. Genotyping of 66 Brucella strains (based on Multiple Locus of Variable number of tandem repeats Analysis) isolated from German travellers and Turkish immigrants living in Germany revealed epidemiological concordance with 20 sheep isolates originating from Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. In summary, cross-border molecular tracing confirmed brucellosis being a zoonosis of concern for European public health. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Al Dahouk, Sascha/0000-0003-3835-0818; Ilhan, Ziya/0000-0003-3638-9196; Gwida, Mayada/0000-0001-6312-4703
Keywords
Human Brucellosis, Zoonoses, Molecular Epidemiology, Contact Tracing, Europe, Germany, Turkey
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Q2
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Q3
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35
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2
Start Page
181
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185