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Vaccine History and Heroes

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Following this, mice continued to serve as standard tools for the study of zoonotic diseases by future researchers (6). 2010 Aug;16(8):1273-8. In his studies, he used mice instead of rhesus monkeys, which were considered to be the main reservoir of the infection. 2007 Nov 26;204(12):2779-84. doi: 10.1084/jem.20072290.

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Brucellosis – How Dangerous is It?

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Zoonotic diseases seem to be keeping the world on its toes. What is the disease responsible for the latest outbreak in China , and what is its pathogenic potential? Not the Next COVID-19 Brucellosis is a category B bioterror disease, as classed by CDC. Epizootics (outbreaks among animals) can be much more significant.