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Cases of human brucellosis in Sweden linked to Middle East and Africa.
Garofolo, Giuliano; Fasanella, Antonio; Di Giannatale, Elisabetta; Platone, Ilenia; Sacchini, Lorena; Persiani, Tiziana; Boskani, Talar; Rizzardi, Kristina; Wahab, Tara.
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  • Garofolo G; National and OIE Reference Laboratory for Brucellosis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G. Caporale", Teramo, Italy. g.garofolo@izs.it.
  • Fasanella A; Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata, Foggia, Italy.
  • Di Giannatale E; National and OIE Reference Laboratory for Brucellosis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G. Caporale", Teramo, Italy.
  • Platone I; National and OIE Reference Laboratory for Brucellosis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G. Caporale", Teramo, Italy.
  • Sacchini L; National and OIE Reference Laboratory for Brucellosis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G. Caporale", Teramo, Italy.
  • Persiani T; National and OIE Reference Laboratory for Brucellosis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G. Caporale", Teramo, Italy.
  • Boskani T; Department of Microbiology, Public Health Agency of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Rizzardi K; Department of Microbiology, Public Health Agency of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Wahab T; Department of Microbiology, Public Health Agency of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden.
BMC Res Notes ; 9: 277, 2016 May 17.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27188619
BACKGROUND: Human brucellosis cases are still reported each year in Sweden despite eradication of the disease in animals. Epidemiological investigation has never been conducted to trace back the source of human infection in the country. The purpose of the study was to identify the source of infection for 16 human brucellosis cases that occurred in Sweden, during the period 2008-2012. RESULTS: The isolates were identified as Brucella melitensis and MLVA-16 genotyping revealed 14 different genotypes of East Mediterranean and Africa lineages. We also reported one case of laboratory-acquired brucellosis (LAB) that was shown to be epidemiological linked to one of the cases in the current study. CONCLUSIONS: Brucella melitensis was the only species diagnosed, confirming its highest zoonotic potential in the genus Brucella, and MLVA-16 results demonstrated that the cases of brucellosis in Sweden herein investigated, are imported and linked to travel in the Middle East and Africa. Due to its zoonotic concerns, any acute febrile illness linked to recent travel within those regions should be investigated for brucellosis and samples should be processed according to biosafety level 3 regulations.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Brucelosis Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: Africa / Asia / Europa Idioma: En Revista: BMC Res Notes Año: 2016 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Italia Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Brucelosis Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: Africa / Asia / Europa Idioma: En Revista: BMC Res Notes Año: 2016 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Italia Pais de publicación: Reino Unido