Identification of Source of Brucella suis Infection in Human by Using Whole-Genome Sequencing, United States and Tonga.

ABSTRACT: Brucella suis infection was diagnosed in a man from Tonga, Polynesia, who had butchered swine in Oregon, USA. Although the US commercial swine herd is designated brucellosis-free, exposure history suggested infection from commercial pigs. We used whole-genome sequencing to determine that the man was infected in Tonga, averting a field investigation.

SUBMITTER: Quance C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4696693 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature