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ArticlePloS one2016

Experimental Challenge of Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) with a Brucella pinnipedialis Strain from Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata).

Ingebjørg Helena Nymo, Marit Seppola, Sascha Al Dahouk, Kathrine Ryvold Bakkemo, María Pilar Jiménez de Bagüés, Jacques Godfroid, Anett Kristin Larsen

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Article in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
7.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. [Zoonotic potential of brucellosis in marine mammals].Medecine tropicale et sante internationale · 2024
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  3. Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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  4. Application of real-time quantitative PCR assays for detecting marine Brucella spp. in fish.Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc · 2018
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  5. Frontiers in veterinary science · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Ingebjørg Helena NymoArctic Infection Biology, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Marit SeppolaDepartment of Medical Biology, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Sascha Al DahoukFederal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, Germany.
Kathrine Ryvold BakkemoPHARMAQ AS, Oslo, Norway.
María Pilar Jiménez de BagüésUnidad de Tecnología en Producción y Sanidad Animal, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria (CITA), Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón-IA2 (CITA-Universidad de Zaragoza), Zaragoza, Spain.
Jacques GodfroidArctic Infection Biology, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Anett Kristin LarsenArctic Infection Biology, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
UiT The Arctic University of Norway · NOCentro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón · ESFederal Institute for Risk Assessment · DEPharmaq (Norway) · NO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pathology has not been observed in true seals infected with Brucella pinnipedialis. A lack of intracellular survival and multiplication of B. pinnipedialis in hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) macrophages in vitro indicates a lack of chronic infection in hooded seals. Both epidemiology and bacteriological patterns in the hooded seal point to a transient infection of environmental origin, possibly through the food chain. To analyse the potential role of fish in the transmission of B. pinnipedialis, Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) were injected intraperitoneally with 7.5 x 107 bacteria of a hooded seal field isolate. Samples of blood, liver, spleen, muscle, heart, head kidney, female gonads and feces were collected on days 1, 7, 14 and 28 post infection to assess the bacterial load, and to determine the expression of immune genes and the specific antibody response. Challenged fish showed an extended period of bacteremia through day 14 and viable bacteria were observed in all organs sampled, except muscle, until day 28. Neither gross lesions nor mortality were recorded. Anti-Brucella antibodies were detected from day 14 onwards and the expression of hepcidin, cathelicidin, interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-10, and interferon (IFN)-γ genes were significantly increased in spleen at day 1 and 28. Primary mononuclear cells isolated from head kidneys of Atlantic cod were exposed to B. pinnipedialis reference (NCTC 12890) and hooded seal (17a-1) strain. Both bacterial strains invaded mononuclear cells and survived intracellularly without any major reduction in bacterial counts for at least 48 hours. Our study shows that the B. pinnipedialis strain isolated from hooded seal survives in Atlantic cod, and suggests that Atlantic cod could play a role in the transmission of B. pinnipedialis to hooded seals in the wild.

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AnimalsBacteremiaBacterial LoadBrucellaBrucellosisFecesFemaleFish DiseasesGadus morhuaHeartKidneyLiverMuscle, SkeletalOvarySeals, Earless

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PMID27415626
PMCPMC4944957
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