ReviewVeterinary research2011
A review of Brucella infection in marine mammals, with special emphasis on Brucella pinnipedialis in the hooded seal (Cystophora cristata).
Review in Veterinary research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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46 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 145 citations in OpenAlex.
- Brucellosis in Marine Mammals: Meta-Analysis of Prevalence, Infection Patterns, Host Specificity and Zoonotic Potential.Veterinary medicine and science · 2025Pooled it
- Pathogenicity ofTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2026Article
- Towards Integrated Surveillance of Marine Brucellosis: Diagnostic and Phylogenetic Assessment ofTransboundary and emerging diseases · 2026Article
- Seroprevalence of seven climate-sensitive zoonoses in Greenland and northern Sweden (1998-2017): High antibody prevalence againstOne health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Article
- Global spillover of land-derived microbes to Ocean hosts: Sources, transmission pathways, and one health threats.Environmental science and ecotechnology · 2025Review
- Investigation of genomic island 2 deciphers the evolution of a genus Brucella.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Serological Investigation forAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Brucellosis: Unveiling the complexities of a pervasive zoonotic disease and its global impacts.Open veterinary journal · 2024Review
- [Zoonotic potential of brucellosis in marine mammals].Medecine tropicale et sante internationale · 2024Review
- Combination ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- New insights into the pathogenesis and transmission ofMicrobiology spectrum · 2023Article
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- A Review of Circumpolar Arctic Marine Mammal Health-A Call to Action in a Time of Rapid Environmental Change.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Cell and Tissue Tropism of Brucella spp.Infection and immunity · 2023Review
- Pathogen Exposure in White Whales (Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Brucellosis in European Terrestrial and Marine Wildlife Species and Its Regional Implications.Microorganisms · 2022Review
- Brucella ceti and Brucella pinnipedialis genome characterization unveils genetic features that highlight their zoonotic potential.MicrobiologyOpen · 2022Article
- Research on Selected Wildlife Infections in the Circumpolar Arctic-A Bibliometric Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Anti-Brucella antibodies in seals at coastal locations of Hokkaido, Japan, with focus on life stages.The Journal of veterinary medical science · 2022Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Brucella spp. were isolated from marine mammals for the first time in 1994. Two novel species were later included in the genus; Brucella ceti and Brucella pinnipedialis, with cetaceans and seals as their preferred hosts, respectively. Brucella spp. have since been isolated from a variety of marine mammals. Pathological changes, including lesions of the reproductive organs and associated abortions, have only been registered in cetaceans. The zoonotic potential differs among the marine mammal Brucella strains. Many techniques, both classical typing and molecular microbiology, have been utilised for characterisation of the marine mammal Brucella spp. and the change from the band-based approaches to the sequence-based approaches has greatly increased our knowledge about these strains. Several clusters have been identified within the B. ceti and B. pinnipedialis species, and multiple studies have shown that the hooded seal isolates differ from other pinniped isolates. We describe how different molecular methods have contributed to species identification and differentiation of B. ceti and B. pinnipedialis, with special emphasis on the hooded seal isolates. We further discuss the potential role of B. pinnipedialis for the declining Northwest Atlantic hooded seal population.
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