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.
Ahead of Print -Identification of Source of Brucella suis Infection in Human by Whole-Genome Sequencing, United States and Tonga - Volume 22, Number 1—January 2016 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC
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