TY - JOUR
AU - Ciocchini, Andrés E.
AB - INTRODUCTIONBrucellosis is a highly contagious zoonotic disease caused by Gram‐negative bacteria of the genus Brucella that affects livestock, wild animals and humans (Corbel, 1997). Brucella abortus is the main aetiological agent of bovine brucellosis, a disease that affects cattle productivity. The most common clinical manifestations of the infection are reproductive loss with infertility, abortion in the third trimester, placental retention, premature births of weak offspring and reduced milk production. In bulls, it can cause infertility, epididymitis and orchitis (Herrera et al., 2008; Olsen & Tatum, 2010). In addition, detection of the disease in a region or country imposes, due to international regulations, restrictions on animal transportation and trade (Seleem et al., 2010). For the reasons stated before, bovine brucellosis results in a great economic burden for the livestock activity, highlighting the importance of monitoring herds to detect and separate the infected animals from the healthy population. Because of its zoonotic characteristics, brucellosis in humans can be severely debilitating and disabling and remains an important public health concern, particularly in endemic regions (Young, 1995). In the absence of a vaccine for humans, prevention of the disease depends primarily on the control of brucellosis in animals (the natural reservoir of the disease) (Godfroid et al., 2010). Due 
TI - Development of a novel glycoprotein‐based immunochromatographic test for the rapid serodiagnosis of bovine brucellosis
JO - Journal of Applied Microbiology
DO - 10.1111/jam.15556
DA - 2022-06-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/development-of-a-novel-glycoprotein-based-immunochromatographic-test-VIm6lCei68
SP - 4277
EP - 4288
VL - 132
IS - 6
DP - DeepDyve
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