Molecular epidemiological characteristics of osteoarthritis-associated Brucella melitensis in China: evidence from whole-genome sequencing-based analysis

• Main Authors: Lei Zhu (Author), Chi Zhang (Author), Chen Liang (Author), Li Peng (Author), Huanyu Yan (Author), Xiuwen Liang (Author), Youjia Xu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Brucellosis, developing complications including arthritis, spondylitis, sacroiliitis, and osteomyelitis, is one of the most common zoonotic diseases in the current world which causes economic losses to the livestock industry and is a great public health concern. Brucella melitens...