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2022: Brucellosis 2022 International Research Conference
Brucellosis 2022 International Research Conference

1 - Taxonomy, Evolution, Emerging Species

David O'Callaghan
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K1 The ever expanding Brucella genus
Jeffrey Foster
O1-1 The Global Spread of the Most Famous Brucella Species
Earl Middlebrook, Robab Katani, Jeanne Fair
O1-2 East African Brucella phylogenomics: introducing OrthoPhylo, A turn-key tool for generating ortholog based bacterial whole genome phylogenetic trees
Guillaume Girault, Acacia Ferreira Vicente, Maëline Ribeiro, Ludivine Perrot, Fathia Petot-Bottin, Luca Freddi, Vitomir Djokic, Claire Ponsart
O1-3 Canine Brucellosis in France due to Brucella canis: an emerging disease?
Maite Loperena-Barber, Chantal Renau-Minguez, Carla Perpiñá-Clérigues, Paula Ruiz-Rodríguez, Mireia Coscollá, Ignacio Moriyón, Raquel Conde-Álvarez
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O1-4 Evolution towards pathogenicity: phylogenomic insights into Brucellaceae
Anne Keriel, Loic Epelboin, David O'Callaghan
O1-5 Brucellosis on the Guiana Shield: emergence of a new Brucella species?
Stephan Köhler, Luca Freddi, Jorge A. de la Garza-Garcia, Sascha Al Dahouk, Alessandra Occhialini
O1-6 Atypical Brucella spp. are facultatively anaerobic in the presence of nitrates, correlating with increased expression of denitrification genes under anoxic conditions
Maryam Dadar, Saeed Alamian, Roland T. Ashford, Adrian M. Whatmore
P1-01 Genetic diversity of Brucella spp. isolates in Iran: A multilocus sequence typing analysis
Alina Kühn, Holger Brendebach, Dirk Hofreuter, Sascha Al Dahouk
P1-02 Identification of atypical Brucella spp. by MALDI ToF MS
Christoph-Martin Ufermann, Rainer Oehme, Dirk Hofreuter, Sascha Al Dahouk
P1-03 A case report on a novel, non-core Brucella strain isolated from a White´s Tree frog in Germany
Jodie Withall, Amanda Dainty, Lavicie Arais, Ann Thomasson, Stephanie Hay, Alberto Rodriguez Barbon, Andrew Routh, John McGiven, Adrian Whatmore, Roland Ashford
P1-04 The isolation of atypical Brucella species from captive Amazon milk frogs (Trachycephalus resinifictrix)

2 - Genomics and Proteomics

Jean Armengaud
K2 Next-generation proteomics in the fight against pathogens: a guide tour
Ron Caspi, Peter D. Karp
O2-1 Brucella Databases at BioCyc.org: Pathways, Omics Tools, and Enhanced Genome Annotation
Charline Focant, Agnès Roba, Xavier De Bolle
O2-2 Histidine metabolism and metal homeostasis in Brucella abortus
Marine Lacritick, Angeline Reboul, Xavier De Bolle, Stéphane Vincent
O2-3 Metabolic Glycoengineering: A strategy to label Brucella abortus cell envelope with synthetic analogues of D-mannose
Louisa Tabatabai, Carol A. Belzer
O2-4 Targeted methodology for the identification of protein-peptide vaccine candidates
Anna Janowicz, Katiuscia Zilli, Massimo Ancora, Fabrizio De Massis, Manuela Tittarelli, Cesare Cammà, Anna Cerrone, Alessandro Dondo, Chiara Piraino, Elisabetta Di Giannatale, Giuliano Garofolo
O2-5 Whole genome based tools in epidemiological surveillance of Brucella abortus, Brucella melitensis and Brucella suis bv2 in Italy in the last decade.
Vitomir Djokic, Luca Freddi, Acacia Ferreira Vicente, Fathia Petot-Bottin, Ludivine Perrot, Maëline Ribeiro, Claire Ponsart, Guillaume Girault
O2-6 In silico pipeline for protein comparisons in Brucella genus
Adélie Lannoy, Xavier De Bolle
P2-01 Envelope stress response in Brucella abortus
Carine Rodrigues Pereira, Raquel Costa Neia, Saulo Britto da Silva, Charles Hall Davis Williamson IV, John Gillece, David O’Callaghan, Jeffrey Foster, Izabela Regina Cardoso de Oliveira, Júlio Silvio de Sousa Bueno Filho, Andrey Pereira Lage, Vasco Ariston de Carvalho Azevedo, Elaine Maria Seles Dorneles
P2-02 Comparison of the Brucella abortus population structure based in genotyping methods of distinct levels of resolution
Socorro Ruiz-Palma, Ahide Lopez-Merino, Ma Guadalupe Aguilera-Arreola, Eric Avila-Calderon, Zulema Gomez-Lunara, Enrico Ruiz-Castillo, Carmen Patricia Paredes-Marroquin, Beatriz Arellano-Reynoso, Araceli Contreras-Rodriguez
P2-03 Study of outer membrane vesicles from brucella species
Marita Georgia Riccardi, Rubina Paradiso, Rosa Loporchio, Paolo Coppa, Francesca Bove, Anna Cerrone, Giovanna Fusco, Esterina De Carlo, Giorgia Borriello
P2-04 Whole Genome sequencing of Brucella strains isolated from water buffalo in southern Italy during 2019-2021
Roland Ashford, Lavicie Arais, Henny Omosigho, Jodie Withall, Adrian Whatmore, John McGiven
P2-05 Evaluation of DNA extraction methods for long-read whole genome sequencing of atypical Brucella sp. isolates
Ana Cristina Ferreira, Pedro Pascoal, Marcelo Pereira, Sandra Cavaco Gonçalves, Ricardo Dias
P2-06 PORIFERA - Core-genome-based analytical pipeline for prediction of new markers to rapid identification of emerging Brucella species
Luis Ernesto Samartino, Matias Arregui
P2-07 Study of the genetic variability of Brucella melitensis isolated from goats and sheep of San Luis province in Argentina
Bruno Tilocca, Alessio Soggiu, Viviana Greco, Luigi Bonizzi, Andrea Urbani, Flavio Sacchini, Giuliano Garofolo, Fabrizio De Massis, Manuela Tittarelli, Paola Roncada
P2-08 Brucella melitensis immunoproteomics reveal strain-specific antigens suitable for the unbiased diagnosis in a diva strategy

3 - Pathogenesis and Host-Pathogen Interaction

Renee Tsolis
K3 Metabolic interaction between Brucella abortus and its host
Jeremy Verbeke, Youri Fayt, Lisa Martin, Oya Yilmaz, Angeline Reboul, Patsy Renard, Xavier De Bolle, Thierry Arnould
O3-1 BNIP3L-dependent mitophagy induced by Brucella abortus in host cells is required for bacterial egress
Franck Cantet, Jens Allmer, Sascha Al Dahouk, Matteo Bonazzi, Stephan Köhler
O3-2 RNA-immunoprecipitation/miRNA-Seq reveals miRNA-like, small noncoding RNAs of Brucella suis, translocated into the cytoplasm of infected murine macrophages
Caroline Servais, Victoria Vassen, Audrey Verhaeghe, Xavier De Bolle
O3-3 Lipopolysaccharide synthesis and traffic in the envelope of the pathogen Brucella abortus
Jean Celli, Elizabeth Borghesan, Erin P. Smith, Sebenzile Myeni, Chloe Dugelay, Laurent Terradot
O3-4 A Brucella effector that modulates host retrograde transport to promote intravacuolar replication
Ian Barton, Krishna Patel, Joshua Pitzer, Brandon Garcia, Daniel Martin, Ilaria Baglivo, Zhongqing Ren, Xindan Wang, R. Martin Roop II
O3-5 Novel H-NS-like Protein MucR Coordinates Virulence Gene Expression During Host-Association in Brucella spp. Through Silencer/Counter-Silencer Interactions
Virginie Gueguen-Chaignon, Arthur Louche, Célia Bergé, Amandine Blanco, Suzana Salcedo, Laurent Terradot
O3-6 Structural insights into the NyxA/B effector family
Nazaret Ruiz-Villalobos, Pamela Altamirano-Silvia, José Arturo Molina-Mora, Bernardo Vargas-Leitón, Esteban Chaves-Olarte, Caterina Guzmán-Verri
P3-01 Manipulating Brucella abortus two-component regulatory system BvrR/BvrS promoter activity through environmental stimuli
Andrea Fernandez, Sonia Vection, David O’Callaghan, Anne Keriel
P3-02 How does Gefitinib inhibits Brucella infections?
Diego J. Comerci, Maria Marchesini, Nicolas Rios
P3-03 Characterization of IalB family protein in Brucella abortus
Alexis Mariano Romani, Mariela Del Giudice, Malena Landoni, Alicia Couto, Cecilia Czibener, Juan Esteban Ugalde
P3-04 A new model for the synthesis of the homopolymeric O-antigen of Brucella
Pamela Altamirano Silva, Jazmín Meza-Torres, Sigrid Zamora-Jaen, Natalia Pietrosemoli, Gabriela Cantos, Marlen Cordero Serrano, Ana Mariel Zúñiga Pereira, Carlos Chacón Díaz, Edgardo Moreno Robles, Caterina Guzmán Verri, Esteban Chaves Olarte
P3-05 Regulatory patterns influenced by the Two-Component System BvrR/BvrS in B. abortus
Connor Cribb, Martin Roop
P3-06 Is CuxR the missing link between CdG signaling and Brucella virulence?
Chloé Dugelay, Juan Esteban Ugalde, Suzana Salcedo, Laurent Terradot
P3-07 Structural study of type IV secretion system protein VirJ
Amaia Zúñiga-Ripa, Aitor Elizalde-Bielsa, María Jesús De Miguel, Miriam Salvador-Bescós, Sara Andrés-Barranco, Raquel Conde-Álvarez, Pilar María Muñoz, Montse Barberán, Maite Iriarte, Jean Jacques Letesson, Ignacio Moriyón
P3-08 Suppression of B. melitensis Rev1 erythritol catabolism as a strategy to avoid genital tropism to develop a safe brucellosis vaccine
Aitor Elizalde-Bielsa, Beatriz Aragón-Aranda, Maite Loperena-Barber, Miriam Salvador-Bescós, Amaia Zúñiga-Ripa, Raquel Conde-Álvarez
P3-09 Development and evaluation of the galleria mellonella (greater wax moth) model to study brucella host pathogen interaction
Arthur Louche, Amandine Blanco, Thais Lacerda, Claire Lionnet, Masami Nagahama, Jean-Pierre Gorvel, Gueguen-Chaignon Virginie , Laurent Terradot, Suzana Salcedo
P3-10 Control of the subcellular localization of host nuclear proteins by Brucella effectors
Fabrizia Perletta, Maria Grazia Lolli, Massimo Ancora, Valentina Iezzi, Giovanni Di Teodoro, Manuela Tittarelli, Mirella Luciani, Katiuscia Zilli, Flavio Sacchini, Giuliano Garofolo
P3-11 In-vitro model of macrophages bovine cell for the characterization of pathogenic mechanisms of bovine brucellosis.

4 - Immunology

Sergio Costa Oliveira
K4 Internal affairs: defining how cytosolic receptors sense Brucella and contributes to host defense
Fabrizio De Massis, Flavio Sacchini, Nicola D'Alterio, Nicola Ferri, Emanuela Rossi, Giovanni Befacchia, Diana Rodomonti, Mirella Luciani, Fabrizia Perletta, Romolo Salini, Manuela Tittarelli
O4-1 Antibody response elicited by Brucella abortus strain RB51 vaccine in young water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) using a triple dose and the OIE vaccination schedule. A long term trial
Flavio Sacchini, Fabrizio De Massiss, Nicola D'Alterio, Diana Rodomonti, Chiara Di Pancrazio, Tiziana Di Febo, Annarita Natali, Nicola Ferri, Emanuela Rossi, Giovanni Befacchia, Giacomo Vincifori, Simona Iannetti, Manuela Tittarelli
O4-2 Antibody response elicited by Brucella abortus strain RB51 vaccine in young water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) using a triple dose and the vaccination schedule authorised in Caserta province, Italy
Fabrizio De Massis, Flavio Sacchini, Nicola D'Alterio, Nicola Ferri, Emanuela Rossi, Giovanni Befacchia, Manuela Tittarelli
O4-3 Use of brucellin skin test to identify water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) vaccinated with the live attenuated vaccine B. abortus strain RB51
Elaine Dorneles, Marina Oliveira, Lorena Souza, Rafaella Andrade, Dircéia Custódio, Amanda Ferreira, Maysa Serpa, Anna Cecília Costa, Helbert Freire, Carine Pereira, Izabela Oliveira, Júlio Bueno Filho, Andrey Lage
O4-4 Effects of age on immune response induced by Brucella abortus s19 or rb51 vaccination in heifers
Ursula Rossi, Maria Caffaro, Estefania Maurizio, Mario Poli, Carlos Rossetti
O4-5 TIRAP exon 5 polymorphisms influence the outcome of B. melitensis infection in goats
Amanda Castillo-Zeledón, Alejandro Alfaro-Alarcón, Edgardo Moreno, Elías Barquero-Calvo
O4-6 PMNs supports Brucella dispersal with reduced immune recognition

5 - Vaccination

Angela Arenas-Gamboa
K5 The bumpy road to a Brucella vaccine: the near hits and good catches
Sholpan Ryskeldinova, Nadezhda Zinina, Zhailaubay Kydyrbayev, Bolat Yespembetov , Yerken Kozhamkulov, Dulat Inkarbekov, Nurika Assanzhanova , Aigerim Mailybayeva, Dina Bugybayeva , Makhpal Sarmykova, Berik Khairullin, Kairat Tabynov, Aitbay Bulashev , Batyrbek Aitzhanov, Khairulla Abeuov, Abylay Sansyzbay, Tlektes Yespolov, Gourapura Renukaradhya, Steven Olsen, Angel Oñate, Kaissar Tabynov
O5-1 Registered Influenza Viral Vector Based Brucella abortus Vaccine for Cattle in Kazakhstan: Age-Wise Safety and Efficacy Studies
Pilar M. Muñoz, Sara Andrés-Barranco, María Jesús De Miguel, Raquel Conde-Álvarez, Amaia Zúñiga-Ripa, Miriam Salvador-Bescós, Beatriz Aragón-Aranda, Montserrat Barberán, Clara Marín, Maite Iriarte, Vilma Arce-Gorvel, Jean Pierre Gorvel, José María Blasco, Ignacio Moriyón
O5-2 Improving Rev.1 vaccine safety in pregnant ewes
Ana Mariel Zúñiga Pereira, Jose Arturo Molina Mora, Marcela Suárez Esquivel, Carlos Quesada Gómez, Elías Barquero Calvo, Caterina Guzmán Verri, Esteban Chaves Olarte, Edgardo Moreno Robles, Carlos Chacón Díaz
O5-3 Screening for vaccinal candidates in Brucella canis: A genomic based strategy for selection of potential DNA target regions.
Diego J. Comerci, Cecilia Czibener, Diego A. Rey Serantes, Elena Sebastian, Laura A. Bruno, Maria Cristina Franco, Ana Maria Nicola, Karina Pasquevich, Juliana Cassataro, Juan E. Ugalde
O5-4 BM Delta-pgm, a superior vaccine for the control of brucellosis in small ruminants
Heloísia Maria Bressan Braz, Monique Ferreira Silva, Thaynara Parente de Carvalho, Laice Alves Silva, Jefferson Bruno Soares, Fabíola Barroso Costa, Brunno Gardiman Sossai, Tatiane Alves Paixão, Renato de Lima Santos
O5-5 Pathogenesis of Brucella ovis in pregnant mice and protection induced by the candidate vaccine strain B. ovis ∆abcBA
Emeline Barbieux, Georges Potemberg, Audrey Fraikin, Xavier De Bolle, Eric Muraille
O5-6 Identification by Transposon-sequencing of essential genes for chronic infection by Brucella in mice
Rebekah Tiller, Christine Quance, Suelee Robbe-Austerman, Steven Olsen, Tyler Thacker, Maria E. Negron, Grishma Kharod, Elke Saile, Robyn Stoddard, Johanna Salzer, Cassandra Tansey, Jill Condrey, Alex Hoffmaster
O5-7 Brucella abortus RB51 Vaccine Strain and Raw Milk Consumption: An Emerging Public Health Risk
Jefferson Brunno Soares Oliveira, Fabiola Barroso Costa, Pamela A Lima, Thaynara Parente de Carvalho, Monique Ferreira Silva, Laice Alves Silva, Renato de Lima Santos, Tatiane Alves da Paixão
P5-01 Evaluation of different adjuvants associated with vaccination candidate Brucella ovis ∆abcBA in a murine model of infection by Brucella ovis
Nerea López-Fernández, Aitor Elizalde-Bielsa, María-Jesús De Miguel, Miriam Salvador-Bescós, Amaia Zúñiga-Ripa, Maite Loperena-Barber, Sara Andrés-Barranco, Maite Iriarte, Jose María Blasco, Ignacio Moriyón, María Pilar Muñoz, Raquel Conde-Álvarez
P5-02 Exploring new candidates to develop a B. ovis vaccine based on S-LPS devoid mutant H38ΔwbkF and core defective derivates
Beatriz Aragón-Aranda, Aitor Elizalde-Bielsa, María Jesús De Miguel, Miriam Salvador-Bescós, Amaia Zúñiga-Ripa, Maite Loperena-Barber, Sara Andrés-Barranco, Maite Iriarte, Montserrat Barberán, Jose María Blasco, Ignacio Moriyón, Pilar M. Muñoz, Raquel Conde-Alvarez
P5-03 Development of a B. melitensis Rev1 mutant lacking streptomycin resistance
Mihad Alawad
P5-04 Production and immunization of sheep using Irradiated Brucella Vaccine
Elaine Dorneles, Marina Martins, Rafaella Andrade, Luciana Oliveira, Jacques Godfroid, Andrey Lage
P5-05 Effectiveness of Brucella abortus S19 and RB51 vaccine strains: a systematic review
Zaminur Rahman, Ariful Islam, Palash Bose, Minara Khatun
P5-06 Development of inactivated Brucella abortus vaccines from Brucella abortus biovar 3

6 - Diagnostics

John McGiven
K6 The diagnosis of brucellosis
Laurence Howells, John McGiven
O6-1 Investigation into efficacy of rLPS based serodiagnostic antigens
Acacia Ferreira Vicente, Fathia Petot-Bottin, Guillaume Girault, Vitomir Djokic, Luca Freddi, Ludivine Perrot, Maëline Ribeiro, Claire Ponsart
O6-2 Cross-reaction comparative evaluation of five enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and Golden Standard methods for porcine Brucellosis diagnosis
Teresa Romualdi, Anna Janowicz, Lisa Di Marcantonio, Giovanni Foschi, Fabrizio De Massis, Manuela Tittarelli, Annamaria Conte, Luca Candeloro, Giuliano Garofolo
O6-3 Machine Learning for MALDI-TOF MS identification of Brucella
Luca Freddi, Vitomir Djokic, Fathia Petot-Bottin, Guillaume Girault, Ludivine Perrot, Acacia Ferreira Vicente, Claire Ponsart
O6-4 Swab types and storage conditions affect Brucella recovery and DNA detection
David Attuy Vey da Silva, Dirk Hofreuter, David Meierhofer, Matthias Pietzke, Ashish Gadicherla, Christoph Weise, Lara Borges Keid, Uwe Roesler, Jayaseelan Murugaiyan, Sascha Al Dahouk
O6-5 Proteomics-based identification of immunodominant Brucella canis proteins as candidates for serodiagnosis and vaccine development
Alessandra Martucciello, Federica Signorelli, Michele Napoletano, Francesco Napolitano, Piera Mazzone, Lorena Schiavo, Celestina Mascolo, Anna Viscito, Francesco Grandoni, Esterina De Carlo, Giovanna De Matteis, Giorgio Galiero
O6-6 Preliminary study of interferon gamma test used for diagnosis of brucellosis in the water buffalo
Jin-Ju Lee, Jong Ho Kim, Eun-Ji Yum, Seong Yeob Kim, Si-Chul Kim, Yoon-Jeong Seo, Jeong-Soo Choi, Soon-Seek Yoon
P6-01 Diagnostic characterization of histopathological findings and bacterial isolation in canine brucellosis
Vitalii Bolotin, N. Marchenko, V. Kutsenko, S. Pikun, A. Korobka, B. Stegniy, A. Gerilovych
P6-02 Use of Brucella Ovis Antigen for Canine Brucellosis Diagnostics by Agar Gel Immunodiffusion Assay
Jose David Rosales Rangel, Annie Castillo Ochoa, Datty Virginia Rosales Zambrano, Rodolfo Fernández Gómez , Ana Teresa Serrano
P6-03 The cloning, expression and immunological evaluation of the Omp31 protein from Brucella melitensis and evaluation of its possible use for diagnosis in bovine brucelosis.
Oksana Kravtsova, Olha Chechet, Olha Haidei, Iryna Musiets
P6-04 Livestock brucellosis monitoring using bacteriological method in Ukraine for the period 2017-2021
Lucy Duncombe, Barbara Mulloy, Emma-Jane Dale, Andrew V Taylor, Stuart M Haslam, John McGiven
P6-05 Evaluating the OPS linkage composition for all biovar type strains of B. abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis and strains described by the WOAH for use in the production of vaccines and diagnostics
Maha Ibrahim Khojaly Ahmed, Mohammed Taha Shigidi, Enaam El Sanousi, Selma Ahmed, Suhaib Salih
P6-06 The seroprevalence and geographic distribution of camel brucellosis in Kordofan States, Western Sudan
Magret Boitumelo Modise, Sununguko Wata Mpoloka, Tirumala Bharani Kumar Settypalli, Joseph Hyera, Tebogo Kgotlele, Kago Kumile, Chandapiwa Marobela-Raborokgwe, Gerrit Johannes Viljoen, Giovanni Cattoli, Charles Euloge Lamien
P6-07 The comparison of a fourplex HRM and Taqman qPCR assays for the detection of Brucella spp and Coxiella burnetii in ruminants abortion cases from Botswana
Stefano Gavaudan, Martina Moriconi, Benedetto Morandi, Marco Candela, Laura Tifi, Valentina Marzocchi, Fabrizio De Massis, Manuela Tittarelli, Antonio Petrini, Daniela Averaimo, Flavio Sacchini, Anna Duranti
P6-08 Clinical and laboratory surveillance of suspected infections in kennel workers in an outbreak of Brucella canis.
Luis Ernesto Samartino, Matias Arregui, Pablo Martino
P6-09 Brucellosis in Buffaloes: Serologic Diagnostic
Massimo Ancora, Cesare Cammà, Romolo Salini, Marta Di Federico, Katiuscia Zilli, Michele Martino, Cinzia Pompilii, Antonio Petrini, Manuela Tittarelli, Fabrizio De Massis, Daniela Averaimo
P6-10 Development and validation of a real-time PCR assay for detection of Brucella spp. in samples of animal origin
Koketso Desiree Mazwi, Francis B. Kolo, Ishmael Festus Jaja, Henriette van Heerden
P6-11 The Brucellosis conundrum: antibody vs microbial detection.
Loic Comtet, Alix Carpentier, Laura Olagnon, Anna Greatex, Philippe Pourquier
P6-12 Evaluation of a new double-antigen indirect ELISA using a rough-LPS extract from B. suis for the diagnosis of porcine brucellosis

7 - Human Brucellosis

Nicholas Beeching
K7 Challenges in human brucellosis
Jennifer Rossouw, Hermanus Geyer, John Frean, Veerle Msimang
O7-1 Brucellosis in a farming community in central South Africa: A longitudinal cohort study (2015-2018)
Martina Cicconi, Giuliano Garofolo, Valentina Iezzi, Francesca Marotta, Federica Di Timoteo, Romina Romantini, Anna Abass, Elisabetta Di Giannatale, Katiuscia Zilli
O7-2 First analysis of antimicrobial resistance in Brucella strains isolated in Italy
Lorena Sacchini, Tara Wahab, Elisabetta Di Giannatale, Katiuscia Zilli , Anna Abass, Giuliano Garofolo, Anna Janowicz
O7-3 Whole Genome Sequencing for Tracing Geographical Origin of Imported Cases of Human Brucellosis in Sweden
Nammalwar Sriranganathan, Nancy Tenpenny, P. Rusha, N.S. Abutaleb, Gerhardt Schurig, Stephen Boyle, R. Katani, Mohamed Seleem
O7-4 Screening of FDA approved Drugs to treat Brucellosis
Jason Blackburn, Pham Quang Thai, Luong Mihn Tan, Diansy Zincke, Nguyen Van Long, Nguyen Khanh Ly, Long Thanh Pham, Nguyen-Viet Hung, Hu Suk Lee, Tran Thi Mai Hung, Ted L Hadfield, Hoang Thi Thu Ha
O7-5 Human brucellosis exposure in confirmed cutaneous anthrax cases, Dien Bien, Vietnam with an update on human prevalence regionally
Marcella Mori, Valbona Selimaj, Alexandra Vodolazkaia, Marina Mukovnikova, Fabrizio De Massis, Giuliano Garofolo, Marie-Cécile Nassogne, Dimitri Van der Linden
O7-6 Going chronic: about a complicated case of pediatric brucellosis being the first ‘endemic’ incident of human brucellosis in Belgium (2021-2022)
Satadal Das, Parthasarathi Sengupta
P7-01 Brucellosis of Veterinary Health Care Workers Engaged in Brucella Vaccination Program in West Bengal, India
Jasbir Singh Bedi, Rajnish Sharma, Vijay Sharma, Ravneet Kaur, Najeeb Tarfain
P7-02 Human brucellosis, an important however a neglected zoonotic disease: Status in occupational and non-occupational groups in Punjab (India)
Amanda Dainty, Jodie Withall, Nicholas Beeching, Alessandro Gerada , John McGiven, Adrian Whatmore , Roland Ashford
P7-03 The epidemiology of human brucellosis in the British Isles 2000-2020: an ongoing travel-related threat in a non-endemic region
Eduardo Jimenez, Ahide L´ópez Merino, Araceli Contreras Rodríguez, Eric Avila Calderón
P7-04 Evaluation of a Real-Time PCR for the diagnosis of brucellosis in humans
Ekhlas Hailat, Tareq Al Sanouri, Sereen Iweir, Mohannad Al Nsour
P7-05 The Seroprevalence of Brucellosis and Molecular Characterization of Brucella Species Circulating Among Pre- Slaughtered Animals and Workers in Slaughterhouses in Amman, Mafraq & Karak Governorates
Md Mizanur Rahman, S M Salahuddin Islam, Md Siddiqur Rahman, A. K. M. Anisur Rahman, M Ariful Islam, S M Sadia Afrinn, Heinrich Neubauer
P7-06 Prevalence and risk factors of brucellosis in lactating cow and its public health importance in military dairy farms of Bangladesh

8 - Epidemiology, control and eradication

Bruno Garin-Bastuji
K8 Control of Brucellosis in Domestic Ruminants. Yes we can!
Luca Candeloro, Lara Savini, Paolo Calistri, Diana Palma, Monica Ferrilli, Annamaria Conte, Fabrizio De Massis
O8-1 T-Racing: a contact tracing tool for supporting epidemiological investigation during livestock disease outbreaks
Fabrizio De Massis, Fabrizia Perletta, Chiara Di Pancrazio, Daniela Averaimo, Simona Iannetti, Giacomo Vincifori, Giorgio Guidoni, Marco Violini, Roberto Giordani, Anna Duranti, Stefano Gavaudan, Flavio Sacchini, Giovanni Savini, Giacomo Migliorati, Manuela Tittarelli
O8-2 Follow up investigations on non-infected dogs adopted from the B. canis outbreak
Maria Ottaiano, Roberta Brunetti, Paolo Calistri, Alessio Di Lorenzo, Daria Di Sabatino, Francesca Cito, Paolo Chiodini, Loredana Baldi, Esterina De Carlo
O8-3 Risk factors for the persistence and spread of Brucellosis in buffaloes in the province of Caserta (2015-2020)
Claire Ponsart, Acacia Ferreira Vicente, Fathia Petot-Bottin, Ludivine Perrot, Maëline Ribeiro, Vitomir Djokic, Guillaume Girault, Luca Freddi
O8-4 Outbreak of bovine brucellosis in the Bargy mountain: special feature of B. melitensis infection in cattle
Christopher Laine, Valen Johnson, Morgan Scott, Angela Arenas-Gamboa
O8-5 Human brucellosis: First calculated estimate of global annual incidence
Catarina Teixeira, Sandra Cavaco Gonçalves, Margarida Alves, Paulo Borges, Ana Cristina Ferreira
O8-6 Insights into the seroprevalence of Brucella canis infection in dogs in Portugal
Nana Bolashvili, Tamar Chichinadze, Irma Burjanadze, Ryan J. Arner, Colleen Webb, Lile Malania
P8-01 Develop a Series of Maps to Predict the Special Distribution of Brucellosis in South Caucasus
Mustapha Mukhtar Koguna, Sulaiman Ahmad Haladu, A. G Abdullahi
P8-02 Knowledge, attitude and practices associated with Brucellosis among livestock owners in Baure Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State-Nigeria
Joram Buza, Zachariah Ephraim Makondo, Happiness Kumburu, Beatus Lyimo, Ray Kayaga, Charles Mayenga, Earl Austin Middlebrook, Erika Ganda, Nammalwar Sriranganathan, Jeanne Marie Fair, Andrew William Bartlow, Blandina Mmbaga, Vivek Kapur, Robab Katani
P8-03 16S Microbiome Characterization of Brucella Positive and Negative Raw Milk Samples Collected from three regions in Tanzania.
Jin-Ju Lee, Eun-Ji Yum, Seong Yeob Kim, Si-Chul Kim, Yoon-Jeong Seo, Jeong-Soo Choi, Soon-Seek Yoon
P8-04 Molecular phylogenetic correlations of Brucella abortus strains isolated from specific regions in South Korea
Rajnish Sharma, B B Singh, Jasbir Singh Bedi, RS Aulakh, JPS Gill
P8-05 STOP Mr. BruBug: An educational tool to aware people about brucellosis
Vijay Sharma, Rajnish Sharma, R.S Aulakh, Paviter Kaur, BB Singh
P8-06 Brucella infection in stray cattle reared in cow shelters (gaushalas) in Punjab, India: Lessons learned from an observational study
Anna Haughey, Andrew Taylor, Roland Ashford, Stephen Wyllie, Andrew Frost, Katherine Russell, Zoe Gibney, Nicholas Beeching, Alessandro Gerada, Adrian Whatmore, John McGiven
P8-07 Brucella canis in Great Britain: Cases, Case Definitions, Management and Control
Feyera Gemeda Dima
P8-08 Seroprevalence of Brucellosis, Isolation and Characterization of Brucella And Identification of the Associated Risk Factors in Small Ruminants with History of Abortion at Two Districts of South Omo Zone, Ethiopia
Elamir Gafar Saad Mohamed, Abdelhamid Elfadil, Ennam El Sanousi
P8-09 An Epidemiological Study of Brucellosis in Camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Khartoum State, Sudan
Hanadi Hussein, Samah Ali, Lina Osman, Jehan Eissa Hamad, Samauel Mostafa
P8-10 The One Health Integrated investigation for brucellosis suspected cases - Shargelneel locality, Khartoum State. Sudan, February 2016
Elisa Mazzotta, Flavio Sacchini, Fabrizio De Massis, Manuela Tittarelli, Romina Brunetta, Stefano Varotto, Alessandra Busa, Lucia Selli, Alda Natale
P8-11 Brucella canis serological survey in kennel dogs in North of Italy: case reports and preliminary data
Gemma Smith, Georgina Angel, Nicholas Beeching, Mona Dave, Andrew Frost, Alessandro Gerada, John McGiven, Derren Ready, Katherine Russell, Bengu Said, Jennifer Taylor, Jane Williams, Stephen Wyllie, Fiona Neely, Andrew Taylor, Roland Ashford, Charles Beck
P8-12 First confirmed domestic transmission of Brucella canis between dogs in the UK: outbreak investigation and public health risk assessment
Fabrizia Perletta, Marco Morri, Daniela Averaimo, Giovanni Di Teodoro, Katiuscia Zilli, Giuliano Garofolo, Fabrizio De Massiss, Manuela Tittarelli, Flavio Sacchini
P8-13 Changes of laboratory findings in two dogs infected with Brucella canis following antibiotic treatment and orchiectomy: a case report
Gaëlle Kamdjo Guela, Pierre Gontao, Charles Gomsu Dada, Christopher Laine, Abel Wade, Angela Arenas-Gamboa
P8-14 Brucellosis in Cameroon: Isolation, characterization, and prevalence of a zoonotic biothreat
Masud Khatibi, Anar Azimov, Bayandur Rzayev
P8-15 Sustainable brucellosis control programme

9 - Wildlife Brucellosis

Henriette van Heerden
K9 Brucellosis in wildlife and livestock
Marco Gobbi, Silva Costarelli, Silvia Crotti, Elisabetta Manuali, Nicoletta D'Avino, Sara Spina, Paola Papa, Antonio Petrini, Marco Rulli, Katiuscia Zilli, Gianluca Romeo, Daniela Averaimo
O9-1 Isolation of Brucella suis biovar 2 in a male roe deer (capreolus caprolus), in central italy
Carla Grattarola, Antonio Petrella, Giuseppe Lucifora, Gabriella Di Francesco, Fabio Di Nocera, Antonio Pintore, Cristiano Cocumelli, Giuliana Terracciano, Walter Mignone, Ludovica Di Renzo, Doriana Iaccarino, Giovanni Di Guardo, Antonio Battisti, Cristina Esmeralda Di Francesco, Simona Zoppi, Alessandro Dondo, Barbara Iulini, Katia Varello, Maria Goria, Federica Giorda, Virginia Mattioda, Tania Audino, Giancarlo Lauriano, Anna Janowicz, Katiuscia Zilli, Cristina Casalone, Giuliano Garofolo
O9-2 Brucella ceti infection in cetaceans from Italian Seas: associated lesions and epidemiological data
Gabriela Hernandez, Andres Moreira-Soto , Marcela Suárez- Esquivel , Nazareth Ruiz-Villalobos , Elías Barquero-Calvo, Rocío González-Barrientos , Elena Alina Demeter , Carlos Chacón-Díaz , Osvaldo Barrantes-Granados , Eunice Viquez-Ruiz , Josimar Estrella-Morales , Carlos Quesada-Gómez , Ana Mariel Zuñiga Pereira , Esteban Chaves-Olarte , Caterina Guzmán-Verri , Felix J. Drexler, Edgardo Moreno
O9-3 Brucellosis in vampire bats of Costa Rica: Brucella nosferati sp. nov.
Luis Ernesto Samartino, Marta Kin, Marcelo Fort, Hugo Gimenez
O9-4 Pathogenesis of Brucella suis biovar 1 in the armadillo (Chaetophractus villosus)
Halyna Aliekseieva, Anton Pyskun, Olesia Polishchuk, Iryna Piankivska, Halyna Mietolapova, Olha Chechet, Olha Haidei
P9-01 Results of serological studies on brucellosis in wild boars and hares in Ukraine in 2020
Luis Ernesto Samartino, Marcelo Fort, Marta Kin, Hugo Gimenez
P9-02 Antibody detection in heifers challenged with local strains of Brucella suis biovar 1 previously isolated from Armadilo (Chaetophractus villosus) and Hares (Lepus europaeus)
Tariq Jamil, Kadir Akar, Sevil Erdenlig, Jayaseelan Murugaiyan, Vassilios Sandalakis, Evridiki Boukouvala, Anna Psaroulaki, Falk Melzer, Heinrich Neubauer, Gamal Wareth
P9-03 Brucellosis in terrestrial and marine wildlife species from the European perspective