Brucella suis Infection in Dog Fed Raw Meat, the Netherlands

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2018-06

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van Dijk, Marloes A MORCID 0000-0002-3256-3970ISNI 0000000492849158
Engelsma, Marc Y
Visser, Vanessa X N
Spierenburg, Marcel A H
Willemsen, Peter T J
Wagenaar, Jaap AISNI 0000000388430808
Broens, Els MORCID 0000-0003-1312-6115ISNI 0000000388724398
Roest, Hendrik I J

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A Brucella suis biovar 1 infection was diagnosed in a dog without typical exposure risks, but the dog had been fed a raw meat-based diet (hare carcasses imported from Argentina). Track and trace investigations revealed that the most likely source of infection was the dog's raw meat diet.

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van Dijk, M A M, Engelsma, M Y, Visser, V X N, Spierenburg, M A H, Willemsen, P T J, Wagenaar, J A, Broens, E M & Roest, H I J 2018, 'Brucella suis Infection in Dog Fed Raw Meat, the Netherlands', Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 1127-1129. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2406.171887