• Evaluation of the safety profile of the vaccine candidate Brucella melitensis 16MDvjbR strain in goats 

      Castaño Zubieta, Mirta Raquel; Rossetti, Carlos Alberto; Garcia-Gonzalez, Daniel G.; Maurizio, Estefanía; Hensel, Martha E.; Rice-Ficht, Allison C.; Ficht, Thomas A.; Arenas-Gamboa, Angela M. (Elsevier, 2021-01)
      Small ruminant brucellosis is caused by the Gram negative cocci-bacillus Brucella (B.) melitensis, the most virulent Brucella species for humans. In goats and sheep, middle to late-term gestation abortion, stillbirths and ...
    • Human brucellosis and adverse pregnancy outcomes 

      Arenas-Gamboa, Angela M.; Rossetti, Carlos Alberto; Chaki, Sankar P.; Garcia-Gonzalez, Daniel G.; Adams, Leslie G.; Ficht, Thomas A. (Springer, 2016-12)
      Purpose of Review Brucellosis is a neglected, zoonotic disease of nearly worldwide distribution. Despite brucellosis being recognized as a reproductive disease in animals, it has been historically known as a flu-like ...
    • Pathogenesis and immunobiology of brucellosis : review of brucella-host interactions 

      de Figueiredo, Paul; Ficht, Thomas A.; Rice-Ficht, Allison C.; Rossetti, Carlos Alberto; Adams, Leslie G. (Elsevier, 2015-06)
      This review of Brucellaehost interactions and immunobiology discusses recent discoveries as the basis for pathogenesis-informed rationales to prevent or treat brucellosis. Brucella spp., as animal pathogens, cause human ...