Brucella microti and Rodent-Borne Brucellosis: A Neglected
Public Health Threat

J 2025

Brucella microti and Rodent-Borne Brucellosis: A Neglected Public Health Threat

RUDOLF, Ivo; Romana KEJÍKOVÁ; Michael KOSOY; Zdeněk HUBÁLEK; Kristína MRAVCOVÁ et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Brucella microti and Rodent-Borne Brucellosis: A Neglected Public Health Threat

Authors

RUDOLF, Ivo (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution); Romana KEJÍKOVÁ; Michael KOSOY; Zdeněk HUBÁLEK; Kristína MRAVCOVÁ; Silvie ŠIKUTOVÁ; Adrian M WHATMORE and Al Dahouk SASCHA

Edition

Zoonoses and Public Health, Wiley, 2025, 1863-1959

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Field of Study

10606 Microbiology

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.400 in 2023

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zph.13188

UT WoS

001339995800001

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-85206943513

Keywords in English

Brucella; public health risk; rodent; sapronosis; zoonosis

Abstract

V originále

Brucellosis is one of the most important zoonoses worldwide, primarily affecting livestock but also posing a serious threat to public health. The major Brucella species are known to cause a feverish disease in humans with various clinical signs. These classical Brucella species are (re-)emerging, but also novel strains and species, some of them transmitted from rodents, can be associated with human infections. As a result of our review on rodent-borne brucellosis, we emphasise the need for more comprehensive surveillance of Brucella and especially Brucella microti in rodent populations and call for further research targeting the ecological persistence of rodent-associated Brucella species in the environment, their epizootic role in wild rodents and their virulence and pathogenicity for wildlife.

Cite

RUDOLF, Ivo; Romana KEJÍKOVÁ; Michael KOSOY; Zdeněk HUBÁLEK; Kristína MRAVCOVÁ; Silvie ŠIKUTOVÁ; Adrian M WHATMORE and Al Dahouk SASCHA. Brucella microti and Rodent-Borne Brucellosis: A Neglected Public Health Threat. Zoonoses and Public Health. Wiley, 2025, vol. 72, No 1, p. 1-8. ISSN 1863-1959. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zph.13188.

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RUDOLF, Ivo; Romana KEJÍKOVÁ; Michael KOSOY; Zdeněk HUBÁLEK; Kristína MRAVCOVÁ; Silvie ŠIKUTOVÁ; Adrian M WHATMORE and Al Dahouk SASCHA. Brucella microti and Rodent-Borne Brucellosis: A Neglected Public Health Threat. \textit{Zoonoses and Public Health}. Wiley, 2025, vol.~72, No~1, p.~1-8. ISSN~1863-1959. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zph.13188.

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