Brucellosis in mammals of Costa Rica: An epidemiological survey

Hernández-Mora, Gabriela; Bonilla-Montoya, Roberto; Barrantes-Granados, Osvaldo; Esquivel-Suárez, Andrea; Montero-Caballero, Danilo; González-Barrientos, Rocío; Fallas-Monge, Zeanne; Palacios-Alfaro, José David; Baldi, Mario; Campos, Elena; Chanto, Grettel; Barquero-Calvo, Elías; Chaves-Olarte, Esteban; Verri, Caterina Guzmán; Romero-Zúñiga, Juan-José; Moreno, Edgardo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0182644

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“…The herd prevalence determined by Rose Bengal test for bovine brucellosis in each socioeconomical region is shown in parenthesis [8]. Prevalence in water buffalo is estimated in 21.7% [9]. Lineage I and III are dispersed along the territory, but are mainly present in the North-East region of CR, where livestock expansion predominates.…”

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“…Socioeconomically, the country is divided in six regions: Northern, Central, Brunca, Chorotega, Caribbean Huetar and Central Pacific [7]; the Northern and Central regions are the main livestock farming areas. The only prevalent Brucella species in domestic livestock of CR is Brucella abortus, with a seroprevalence in cattle close to 11% and to 21.7% in water buffalo farms [8,9]. No information of brucellosis in CR terrestrial wildlife is available.…”

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Persistence of Brucella abortus lineages revealed by genomic characterization and phylodynamic analysis

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Brucellosis, caused by Brucella abortus, is a major disease of cattle and humans worldwide distributed. Eradication and control of the disease has been difficult in Central and South America, Central Asia, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Epidemiological strategies combined with phylogenetic methods provide the high-resolution power needed to study relationships between surveillance data and pathogen population dynamics, using genetic diversity and spatiotemporal distributions. This information is crucial for prevention and control of disease spreading at a local and worldwide level. In Costa Rica (CR), the disease was first reported at the beginning of the 20 th century and has not been controlled despite many efforts. We characterized 188 B. abortus isolates from CR recovered from cattle, humans and water buffalo, from 2003 to 2018, and whole genome sequencing (WGS) was performed in 95 of them. They were also assessed based on geographic origin, date of introduction, and phylogenetic associations in a worldwide and national context. Our results show circulation of five B. abortus lineages (I to V) in CR, phylogenetically related to isolates from the United States, United Kingdom, and South America. Lineage I was dominant and probably introduced at the end of the 19 th century. Lineage II, represented by a single isolate from a water buffalo, clustered with a Colombian sample, and was likely introduced after 1845. Lineages III and IV were likely introduced during the early 2000s. Fourteen isolates from humans were found within the same lineage (lineage I) regardless of their geographic origin within the country. The main CR lineages, introduced more than 100 years ago, are widely spread throughout the country, in contrast to new introductions that seemed to be more geographically restricted. Following the brucellosis prevalence and the farming practices of several middle-and low-income countries, similar scenarios could be found in other regions worldwide.

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Persistence of Brucella abortus lineages revealed by genomic characterization and phylodynamic analysis

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“…As with many pathogens, the population prevalence of brucellosis in cetaceans varies by species and location. In Costa Rica, six cetacean species have antibody positivity to B. ceti and the organism was cultured from 70% of stranded striped dolphins (Hernández-Mora et al, 2017). A recent serologic survey in Italy (Profeta et al, 2015) identified no brucella antibodies in 70 cetaceans over a 15 year sampling of stranded animals.…”

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Pathology of Wildlife and Zoo Animals

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“…Among these animals, seven were feral pigs captured in the northeastern part of Martinique. With regard to the health status, results showed that all animals were RBT negative, which meant that Brucella was not detected, even in feral pigs and in pigs reared outdoors, although brucellosis occurs in North and South America, with a high prevalence in wild pigs (Hernàndez-Mora et al, 2017). After exposure to B. suis, common signs of brucellosis are abortion, temporary or permanent infertility, lameness in sows and painful testicles in boars.…”

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Characterizing practices and the sanitary status of farms of Creole and Creole-like pigs in Martinique

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Rev. Elev. Med. Vet. Pays Trop.

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L’étude a eu pour objectif de caractériser la gestion de 27 élevages de porcs dans le cadre d’un programme de conservation du porc Créole de la Martinique. Des échantillons sanguins ont été prélevés sur 67 porcs pour des analyses sérologiques. Une analyse multivariée a distingué six groupes d’élevage : le groupe 1 (n = 9) correspondait aux élevages familiaux comptant moins de trois verrats et présentant un âge de réforme des reproducteurs plus élevé que les autres élevages (6,2 vs 5,0 ans, p < 0,01) ; le groupe 2 (n = 5) était constitué de petits élevages avec deux saillies par truie par an et avec plus de deux espèces de bétail élevées ; le groupe 3 (n = 5) était composé d’élevages de plus de quatre verrats et de plus de quatre truies, avec une conduite en bande et une alimentation basée principalement sur du concentré industriel ; le groupe 4 (n = 4) correspondait à des élevages familiaux avec des porcs élevés en plein air et alimentés principalement avec des ressources locales (50 à 100 % de la ration) ; le groupe 5 (n = 3) était constitué d’agriculteurs en système polyculture-polyélevage avec plus de trois verrats et plus de dix truies ; et le groupe 6 se distinguait par un nombre important de femelles (n = 25) sans conduite en bande. L’analyse des données sérologiques a montré que la situation sanitaire de ces élevages porcins en Martinique était excellente, sans maladie contagieuse identifiée, en bâtiment comme en plein air ou semi-plein air. La typologie obtenue et les résultats sur le statut sanitaire des fermes sont des signes encourageants pour poursuivre le projet de conservation des porcs Créoles par des échanges de reproducteurs sains entre les éleveurs et par le développement d’un marché de niche autour des valeurs patrimoniales.

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Brucellosis in mammals of Costa Rica: An epidemiological survey

Cited by 22 publications

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Persistence of Brucella abortus lineages revealed by genomic characterization and phylodynamic analysis

Persistence of Brucella abortus lineages revealed by genomic characterization and phylodynamic analysis

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Characterizing practices and the sanitary status of farms of Creole and Creole-like pigs in Martinique

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