The first case of Brucella canis in Sweden: background, case report and recommendations from a northern European perspective

Infection with Brucella canis has been diagnosed in Sweden for the first time. It was diagnosed in a three-year-old breeding bitch with reproductive disturbances. Fifteen in-contact dogs were tested repeatedly and all of them were negative for B. canis. The source of infection could not be defined....

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Autores principales: Holst, Bodil Ström, Löfqvist, Karin, Ernholm, Linda, Eld, Karin, Cedersmyg, Maria, Hallgren, Gunilla
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3349463/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22452858
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-54-18
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author Holst, Bodil Ström
Löfqvist, Karin
Ernholm, Linda
Eld, Karin
Cedersmyg, Maria
Hallgren, Gunilla
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description Infection with Brucella canis has been diagnosed in Sweden for the first time. It was diagnosed in a three-year-old breeding bitch with reproductive disturbances. Fifteen in-contact dogs were tested repeatedly and all of them were negative for B. canis. The source of infection could not be defined. The present article describes the case and the measures undertaken and gives a short review over B. canis. Recommendations on how to avoid the infection in non-endemic countries are given.
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spelling pubmed-33494632012-05-11 The first case of Brucella canis in Sweden: background, case report and recommendations from a northern European perspective Holst, Bodil Ström Löfqvist, Karin Ernholm, Linda Eld, Karin Cedersmyg, Maria Hallgren, Gunilla Acta Vet Scand Brief Communication Infection with Brucella canis has been diagnosed in Sweden for the first time. It was diagnosed in a three-year-old breeding bitch with reproductive disturbances. Fifteen in-contact dogs were tested repeatedly and all of them were negative for B. canis. The source of infection could not be defined. The present article describes the case and the measures undertaken and gives a short review over B. canis. Recommendations on how to avoid the infection in non-endemic countries are given. BioMed Central 2012-03-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3349463/ /pubmed/22452858 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-54-18 Text en Copyright ©2012 Holst et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Holst, Bodil Ström
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Cedersmyg, Maria
Hallgren, Gunilla
The first case of Brucella canis in Sweden: background, case report and recommendations from a northern European perspective
title The first case of Brucella canis in Sweden: background, case report and recommendations from a northern European perspective
title_full The first case of Brucella canis in Sweden: background, case report and recommendations from a northern European perspective
title_fullStr The first case of Brucella canis in Sweden: background, case report and recommendations from a northern European perspective
title_full_unstemmed The first case of Brucella canis in Sweden: background, case report and recommendations from a northern European perspective
title_short The first case of Brucella canis in Sweden: background, case report and recommendations from a northern European perspective
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3349463/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22452858
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-54-18
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