• Shedding of Brucella melitensis happens through milk macrophages in the murine model of infection 

      Jansen, Wiebke; Demars, Aurore; Nicaise, Charles; Godfroid, Jacques; Xavier, de Bolle; Reboul, Angeline; Al Dahouk, Sascha (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-10)
      Although shedding of zoonotic brucellae in milk has been demonstrated in natural hosts, these data are still missing for the standard murine infection model. We therefore analysed shedding kinetics and the niche of <i>B. melitensis</i> in murine milk. Pregnant Balb/cByJ mice were intraperitoneally infected with 10<sup>5</sup> CFU of the 16 M reference strain, a 16 M mCherry mutant or a human isolate. ...