title: Progress inBrucellavaccine development.
abstract: Brucellaspp. are zoonotic, facultative intracellular pathogens, which cause animal and human disease. Animal disease results in abortion of fetuses; in humans, it manifests flu-like symptoms with an undulant fever, with osteoarthritis as a common complication of infection. Antibiotic regimens for human brucellosis patients may last several months and are not always completely effective. While there are no vaccines for humans, several licensed liveBrucellavaccines are available for use in livestock. The performance of these animal vaccines is dependent upon the host species, dose, and route of immunization. Newly engineered live vaccines, lacking well-defined virulence factors, retain low residual virulence, are highly protective, and may someday replace currently used animal vaccines. These also have possible human applications. Moreover, due to their enhanced safety and efficacy in animal models, subunit vaccines for brucellosis show great promise for their application in livestock and humans. This review summarizes the progress of brucellosis vaccine development and presents an overview of candidate vaccines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717-3610, USA.
authors.forename: Xinghong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jerod A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Skyberg
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Clapp
authors.forename: Theresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Thornburg
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Pascual
keywords: Brucella; brucellosis; livestock vaccines; zoonosis