Publications

lung-tissue extract as an alternative to serum for surveillance for brucellosis in chamois.	serological surveys are the most-used way to study diseases in free-ranging wild animals. however, the difficulty in obtaining a sufficient number of suitable serum samples is a major problem. to resolve this problem, we investigated the possibility of using lung-tissue extract in place of blood serum for searching for antibodies against brucella abortus. antibodies titres against b. abortus was tested from blood serum and lung-tissue extract from 112 chamois and 99 cattle. although in complemen ...	2000	10673058
brucella melitensis in france: persistence in wildlife and probable spillover from alpine ibex to domestic animals.	bovine brucellosis is a major zoonosis, mainly caused by brucella abortus, more rarely by brucella melitensis. france has been bovine brucellosis officially-free since 2005 with no cases reported in domestic/wild ruminants since 2003. in 2012, bovine and autochthonous human cases due to b. melitensis biovar 3 (bmel3) occurred in the french alps. epidemiological investigations implemented in wild and domestic ruminants evidenced a high seroprevalence (>45%) in alpine ibex (capra ibex); no cases w ...	2014	24732322