Scientists analysed ancient DNA extracted from an 8,000-year-old sheep bone and detected the Brucella melitensis pathogen. Brucellosis affects millions of people every year and causes significant harm ...

Lead author Louis L’Hôte said that looking for ancient pathogen DNA is ‘like looking for a needle in a haystack’. An 8,000-year-old sheep bone has helped scientists discover secrets about a harmful ...

Scientists believe the bacterial infection brucellosis, which affects millions of people every year and causes significant harm to the welfare of livestock, may have evolved along with the development ...

Brucellosis is a globally prevalent zoonotic disease that is caused by several species of the genus Brucella. Over 500,000 cases of brucellosis are reported annually. Despite the low mortality rate ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . During the first week of August, the Syrian Ministry of Health and the WHO Early Warning Alert and Response ...

Researchers have provided details on a Brucellosis outbreak in Israel linked to commercially sold, unregulated camel milk. Brucella infection traced to a single brand of unpasteurized, raw camel milk ...

Researchers have recovered a genome of the bacterium Brucella melitensis from a 700-year-old skeleton found in the ruins of a Medieval Italian village. Researchers used a technique called shotgun ...

It’s not every day that doctors see a Brucella infection among their patients. The disease is rare in the United States, with only about 120 cases annually. But when brucellosis is suspected, it’s ...

Ovine brucellosis is a very contagious zoonotic disease distributed worldwide and constitutes a very important zoosanitary and economic problem. The control of the disease includes animal vaccination ...

A sip of unpasteurized sheep or goat's milk may have spelled doom for a medieval Italian man. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. A new ...