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Human brucellosis in Maghreb: existence of a lineage related to socio-historical connections with Europe.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Lounes Nedjma, Cherfa Moulay-Ali, Le Carrou Gilles, Bouyoucef Abdellah, Jay Maryne, Garin-Bastuji Bruno, Mick Virginie
Abstract excerpt
Despite control/eradication programs, brucellosis, major worldwide zoonosis due to the Brucella genus, is endemic in Northern Africa and remains a major public health problem in the Maghreb region (Algeria/Morocco/Tunisia). Brucella melitensis biovar 3 is mostly involved in human infections and infects mainly small ruminants. Human and animal brucellosis occurrence in the Maghreb seems still underestimated and...
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