A literature review of laboratory-acquired brucellosis

RM Traxler, MW Lehman, EA Bosserman… - Journal of Clinical …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Brucellosis is a bacterial zoonotic disease which has been associated with laboratory-
acquired infections. No recent reviews have addressed the characteristics of laboratory …

[HTML][HTML] Laboratory exposures to brucellae and implications for bioterrorism

P Yagupsky, EJ Baron - Emerging infectious diseases, 2005 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Brucellae are class 3 organisms and potential agents of bioterrorism. Because of effective
public health measures, brucellosis has become a rare disease in industrialized countries …

Adverse events in humans associated with accidental exposure to the livestock brucellosis vaccine RB51

DA Ashford, J di Pietra, J Lingappa, C Woods, H Noll… - Vaccine, 2004 - Elsevier
Brucella abortus strain RB51 vaccine, is an attenuated live bacterial vaccine that was
licensed conditionally by the Center for Veterinary Biologics, Veterinary Services, Animal …

Brucellosis: the case for live, attenuated vaccines

TA Ficht, MM Kahl-McDonagh, AM Arenas-Gamboa… - Vaccine, 2009 - Elsevier
The successful control of animal brucellosis and associated reduction in human exposure
has limited the development of human brucellosis vaccines. However, the potential use of …

Outbreak of Brucella melitensis among microbiology laboratory workers in a community hospital

J Staszkiewicz, CM Lewis, J Colville… - Journal of clinical …, 1991 - Am Soc Microbiol
From May to September 1988, eight employees of a microbiology laboratory developed
acute brucellosis (attack rate, 31%). Seven of the eight affected employees had clinical …

Epidemiology of laboratory‐associated infections

AL Harding, KB Byers - Biological safety: Principles and …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter examines the extent of documented laboratory‐associated infections (LAIs)
classified as viral, parasitic, bacterial, fungal, including rickettsial infection by reviewing …

Relationship between animal and human disease

PL Nicoletti - Brucellosis, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
Brucellosis is an anthropozoonosis which is always traceable to animals. Human disease is
the accidental expression of the much more widespread disease in animals. It was first …

Brucella Lipopolysaccharide and pathogenicity: The core of the matter

JA Smith - Virulence, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Brucellosis is one of the most prevalent zoonotic infections worldwide. 1 The half million
reported new cases per year likely represents a gross underestimate related to challenges …

Clinical manifestations of human brucellosis

EJ Young - Brucellosis, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
The clinical manifestations of human brucellosis are protean and the diversity of nonspecific
complaints poses a challenge to clinicians, especially in countries where the disease is now …

The case for live attenuated vaccines against the neglected zoonotic diseases brucellosis and bovine tuberculosis

A Pandey, A Cabello, L Akoolo… - PLoS neglected …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Vaccination of humans and animals with live attenuated organisms has proven to be an
effective means of combatting some important infectious diseases. In fact, the 20th century …