Brucella neotomae Infection in Humans, Costa Rica.
Marcela Suárez-Esquivel;
Nazareth Ruiz-Villalobos;
César Jiménez-Rojas;
Elías Barquero-Calvo;
Carlos Chacón-Díaz;
Eunice Víquez-Ruiz;
Norman Rojas-Campos;
Kate S Baker;
Gerardo Oviedo-Sánchez;
Ernesto Amuy;
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Esteban Chaves-Olarte;
Nicholas R Thomson
;
Edgardo Moreno;
Caterina Guzmán-Verri;
(2017)
Brucella neotomae Infection in Humans, Costa Rica.
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 23 (6).
pp. 997-1000.
ISSN 1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid2306.162018
Several species of Brucella are known to be zoonotic, but B. neotomae infection has been thought to be limited to wood rats. In 2008 and 2011, however, B. neotomae was isolated from cerebrospinal fluid of 2 men with neurobrucellosis. The nonzoonotic status of B. neotomae should be reassessed.
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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4432-8505