Brucella melitensis in Asian Badgers, Northwestern China

Abstract

We isolated Brucella melitensis biovar 3 from the spleen of an Asian badger (Meles leucurus) in Nilka County, northwestern China. Our investigation showed that this isolate had a common multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis 16 genotype, similar to bacterial isolates from local aborted sheep fetuses.

Keywords

• Brucella melitensis
• bacteria
• Asian badger
• Meles leucurus
• zoonoses
• China