Human Brucellosis in Maghreb: Existence of a Lineage Related to Socio-Historical Connections with Europe

Despite control/eradication programs, brucellosis, major worldwide zoonosis due to the Brucella genus, is endemic in Northern Africa and remains a major public health problem in the Maghreb region (Algeria/Morocco/Tunisia). Brucella melitensis biovar 3 is mostly involved in human infections and infe...

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Main Authors: Lounes, Nedjma, Cherfa, Moulay-Ali, Le Carrou, Gilles, Bouyoucef, Abdellah, Jay, Maryne, Garin-Bastuji, Bruno, Mick, Virginie
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4269447/