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Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Disease

Recent findings from H.C. Scholz and co-authors highlight research in vector-borne and zoonotic disease

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, June 9th, 2009

According to recent research published in the journal Vector - Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, "From the mandibular lymph nodes of wild red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) hunted in the region of Gmund, Lower Austria, two gram-negative, oxidase-and urease-positive, coccoid rod-shaped bacteria (strains 257 and 284) were isolated. Cells were fast growing, nonmotile, and agglutinated with monospecific anti-Brucella (M) serum."

"Both strains were biochemically identified as Ochrobactrum anthropi by using the API 20NE test. However, sequencing of the 16S rRNA and recA genes clearly identified strains 257 and 284 as Brucella spp. Further molecular analysis by omp2a/b gene...

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