• Brucella abortus Strain 2308 Wisconsin Genome: Importance of the Definition of Reference Strains 

      Suárez Esquivel, Marcela; Ruiz Villalobos, Nazareth; Castillo Zeledón, Amanda; Jiménez Rojas, César; Martin Roop II, Roy; Comerci, Diego J.; Barquero Calvo, Elías; Chacón Díaz, Carlos; Caswell, Clayton C.; Baker, Kate S.; Chaves Olarte, Esteban; Thomson, Nicholas R.; Moreno Robles, Edgardo; Letesson, Jean J.; De Bolle, Xavier; Guzmán Verri, Caterina (2016-09-29)
      Brucellosis is a bacterial infectious disease affecting a wide range of mammals and a neglected zoonosis caused by species of the genetically homogenous genus Brucella. As in most studies on bacterial diseases, research ...
    • Brucella Genetic Variability in Wildlife Marine Mammals Populations Relates to Host Preference and Ocean Distribution 

      Suárez Esquivel, Marcela; Baker, Kate S.; Ruiz Villalobos, Nazareth; Hernández Mora, Gabriela; Barquero Calvo, Elías; Castillo Zeledón, Amanda; Jiménez Rojas, César; Chacón Díaz, Carlos; Cloeckaert, Axel; Chaves Olarte, Esteban; Thomson, Nicholas R.; Moreno Robles, Edgardo; Guzmán Verri, Caterina; González Barrientos, Rocío (2017)
      Intracellular bacterial pathogens probably arose when their ancestor adapted from a free-living environment to an intracellular one, leading to clonal bacteria with smaller genomes and less sources of genetic plasticity. ...
    • Brucella neotomae Infection in Humans, Costa Rica 

      Suárez Esquivel, Marcela; Ruiz Villalobos, Nazareth; Jiménez Rojas, César; Barquero Calvo, Elías; Chacón Díaz, Carlos; Víquez Ruiz, Eunice; Rojas Campos, Norman; Baker, Kate S.; Oviedo Sánchez, Gerardo; Amuy, Ernesto; Chaves Olarte, Esteban; Thomson, Nicholas R.; Moreno Robles, Edgardo; Guzmán Verri, Caterina (2017-06)
      Several species of Brucella are known to be zoonotic, but B. neotomae infection has been thought to be limited to wood rats. In 2008 and 2011, however, B. neotomae was isolated from cerebrospinal fluid of 2 men with ...