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Descriptor English: Brucella melitensis
Descriptor Spanish: Brucella melitensis
Descriptor Brucella melitensis
Entry term(s) Micrococcus melitensis
Scope note: Especie del género BRUCELLA cuyos huéspedes naturales son las ovejas y las cabras. Otros mamíferos, incluidos los humanos, pueden infectarse. En general, estos organismos tienden a ser más virulentos en los animales de laboratorio que BRUCELLA ABORTUS y pueden causar infecciones mortales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Brucella melitensis
Descriptor French: Brucella melitensis
Tree number(s): B03.440.400.425.215.500.500
B03.660.050.070.100.500
HP4.018.602.200.524
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017347
Scope note: A species of the genus BRUCELLA whose natural hosts are sheep and goats. Other mammals, including humans, may be infected. In general, these organisms tend to be more virulent for laboratory animals than BRUCELLA ABORTUS and may cause fatal infections.
Annotation: note specific biovars are X refs to other species; infection: coord IM with BRUCELLOSIS (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Brucella (1966-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 93
History Note: 93
DeCS ID: 30806
Unique ID: D017347
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/07
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Brucella melitensis - Preferred
Concept UI M0026340
Scope note A species of the genus BRUCELLA whose natural hosts are sheep and goats. Other mammals, including humans, may be infected. In general, these organisms tend to be more virulent for laboratory animals than BRUCELLA ABORTUS and may cause fatal infections.
Preferred term Brucella melitensis



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