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brucellosis. 200516156056
epidemiology and control of brucellosis in ruminants from 1986 to 1996 in malta.the epidemiology and control of brucella melitensis in malta was analysed using herd test data made available by the veterinary service of malta. the eradication scheme commenced in 1987 with the introduction of a test and slaughter scheme using the rose bengal test. herds registered with malta dairy products limited (mdp) showed a herd prevalence of 23% in 1987 which fell to less than 1.5% by 1993. prevalence rose to 13% in 1995. herds not delivering milk to the mdp showed an initial herd preva ...199910588008
[historical brief on the fever of malta].malta fever (brucellosis) is an infectious disease of cattle (chiefly goats) which can infect man. although the disease is not limited to malta, occurring also in other mediterranean countries as well as in asia and america, it was originally described in 1863 in malta where the responsible bacteria (brucella melitensis) was discovered in 1887 by d. bruce. ten years later wright & smith (1897) showed that the agglutination test originally established for typhoidic patients could be used for the ...199611624839
the occurrence of dissociated strains of brucella melitensis in the milk of goats in malta. 196013792989
using molecular tools to identify the geographical origin of a case of human brucellosis.although malta is historically linked with the zoonosis brucellosis, there had not been a case of the disease in either the human or livestock population for several years. however, in july 2013 a case of human brucellosis was identified on the island. to determine whether this recent case originated in malta, four isolates from this case were subjected to molecular analysis. molecular profiles generated using multilocus sequence analysis and multilocus variable number tandem repeat for the rece ...201525697304
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