Open AccessRats born to Brucella abortus infected mothers become latent carriers of Brucella
Author(s) -
Md. Ariful Islam,
Mst. Minara Khatun,
Byeong-Kirl Baek
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.1997
Subject(s) - brucella , brucellosis , brucella abortus , direct agglutination test , biology , brucella melitensis , microbiology and biotechnology , agar plate , serology , brucellaceae , virology , bacteria , immunology , antibody , genetics
Rats are known to be infected with Brucella. Vertical transmission of brucellosis was recorded in rats. The study was performed to judge whether rats born from Brucella abortus infected mothers can act as latent carriers of Brucella infection.
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