Genomic Diversity and Zoonotic Potential of Brucella neotomae

Abstract

After reports in 2017 of Brucella neotomae infections among humans in Costa Rica, we sequenced 12 strains isolated from rodents during 1955–1964 from Utah, USA. We observed an exact strain match between the human isolates and 1 Utah isolate. Independent confirmation is required to clarify B. neotomae zoonotic potential.

Keywords

• Brucella neotomae
• bacteria
• zoonoses
• food safety
• whole-genome sequencing
• WGS