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Marcadores moleculares para la taxonomía e identificación del género Brucella (Alphaproteobacteria)
Molecular markers for the taxonomy and identification of the genus Brucella (Alphaproteobacteria)

Introducción: El género Brucella está incluido en la familia Brucellaceae que pertenece al orden Rhizobiales y es reconocido por su alto grado de patogenicidad. Las bacterias de este género son responsables de la brucelosis, enfermedad que ha sido reportada como una de las zoonosis más importantes ...

High frequency of hepatitis E virus infection in swine from South Brazil and close similarity to human HEV isolates

Braz. j. microbiol; 48 (2), 2017
Abstract Hepatitis E virus is responsible for acute and chronic liver infections worldwide. Swine hepatitis E virus has been isolated in Brazil, and a probable zoonotic transmission has been described, although data are still scarce. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of hepatitis E v...

Malignant Catarrhal Fever in Brazilian cattle presenting with neurological syndrome

Braz. j. microbiol; 48 (2), 2017
Abstract Malignant Catarrhal Fever (MCF) was investigated in the central nervous system of cattle with neurological syndrome. Two-hundred-ninety samples were analyzed by histology, and molecular methods to detect ovine herpesvirus type 2 (OvHV-2) were optimized and validated. The qualitative polymerase c...