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ArticleScientific reports2023

Genotypic peculiarities of a human brucellosis case caused by Brucella suis biovar 5.

Hanka Brangsch, Matthias A Horstkotte, Falk Melzer

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. 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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6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Isolation of Brucella suis from cattle in India: whole genome analysis unravels potential for zoonotic transmission.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hanka BrangschFriedrich-Loeffler-Institut - Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Jena, Germany. hanka.brangsch@fli.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4597-0644
Matthias A HorstkotteLabor Lademannbogen MVZ GmbH, Hamburg, Germany.
Falk MelzerFriedrich-Loeffler-Institut - Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5851-0570
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human brucellosis cases are rare in non-endemic countries, such as Germany, where infections are predominantly caused by Brucella melitensis. The German National Reference Laboratory for Bovine, Porcine, Ovine and Caprine Brucellosis received a suspected Brucella sp. isolate from a patient for identification. Bacteriological tests and PCR-based diagnostics showed the isolate to be B. suis, but did not yield cohesive results regarding the biovar. Whole genome sequencing and subsequent genotyping was employed for a detailed characterization of the isolate and elucidating the reason for failure of the diagnostic PCR to correctly identify the biovar. The isolate was found to be B. suis bv. 5, a rare biovar with limited geographical distribution primarily found in the Northern Caucasus. Due to a deletion in one of the target regions of the diagnostic PCR, the isolate could not be correctly typed. Based on in silico genotyping it could be excluded that the isolate was identical to one of the B. suis bv. 5 reference strains. Here, we report a rare case of a B. suis bv. 5 field isolate. Furthermore, by reporting this finding, we want to make practitioners aware of possible misinterpretation of PCR results, as it cannot be excluded that the detected deletion is common among the B. suis bv. 5 community, as there is currently a lack of field isolates.

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Brucella melitensisBrucella suisBrucellosisAnimalsCattleGenotypeGoatsHumansSheepSheep, DomesticSwine

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