Detection of <i>Brucella abortus</i> Vaccine Strain RB51 in Water Buffalo (<i>Bubalus bubalis</i>) Milk
Daniela Averaimo,
Fabrizio De Massis,
Giovanni Savini,
Giuliano Garofolo,
Flavio Sacchini,
Anna Abass,
Manuela Tittarelli,
Giacomo Migliorati,
Antonio Petrini
Affiliations
Daniela Averaimo
National and WOAH Reference Laboratory for Brucellosis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e Molise “G. Caporale”, Campo Boario, 64100 Teramo, Italy
Fabrizio De Massis
National and WOAH Reference Laboratory for Brucellosis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e Molise “G. Caporale”, Campo Boario, 64100 Teramo, Italy
Giovanni Savini
National and WOAH Reference Laboratory for Brucellosis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e Molise “G. Caporale”, Campo Boario, 64100 Teramo, Italy
Giuliano Garofolo
National and WOAH Reference Laboratory for Brucellosis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e Molise “G. Caporale”, Campo Boario, 64100 Teramo, Italy
Flavio Sacchini
National and WOAH Reference Laboratory for Brucellosis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e Molise “G. Caporale”, Campo Boario, 64100 Teramo, Italy
Anna Abass
National and WOAH Reference Laboratory for Brucellosis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e Molise “G. Caporale”, Campo Boario, 64100 Teramo, Italy
Manuela Tittarelli
National and WOAH Reference Laboratory for Brucellosis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e Molise “G. Caporale”, Campo Boario, 64100 Teramo, Italy
Giacomo Migliorati
National and WOAH Reference Laboratory for Brucellosis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e Molise “G. Caporale”, Campo Boario, 64100 Teramo, Italy
Antonio Petrini
National and WOAH Reference Laboratory for Brucellosis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e Molise “G. Caporale”, Campo Boario, 64100 Teramo, Italy
The isolation of B. abortus RB51 vaccine strain from a milk sample in a water buffalo farm in southern Italy emphasizes the risk to public health of consuming contaminated milk or milk products following illegal vaccination.
