Brucellosis is one of the most important zoonoses worldwide, primarily affecting livestock but also posing a serious threat to public health. The major Brucella species are known to cause a feverish disease in humans with various clinical signs. These classical Brucella species are (re-)emerging, but also novel strains and species, some of them transmitted from rodents, can be associated with human infections. As a result of our review on rodent-borne brucellosis, we emphasise the need for more comprehensive surveillance of Brucella and especially Brucella microti in rodent populations and call for further research targeting the ecological persistence of rodent-associated Brucella species in the environment, their epizootic role in wild rodents and their virulence and pathogenicity for wildlife.

Department 1 Infectious Diseases Robert Koch Institute Berlin Germany

Department of Bacteriology Animal and Plant Health Agency Weybridge UK

Department of Experimental Biology Masaryk University Brno Czech Republic

Institute of Vertebrate Biology Czech Academy of Sciences Brno Czech Republic

KB One Health Fort Collins Colorado USA

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