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- A preliminar study on Brucella spp. seroprevalence in wild boar (Sus scrofa) in PortugalPublication . Pires, Humberto; Matos, Manuela; Cardoso, Luis; Lopes, Ana Patrícia; Fontes, Maria da Conceição; Pintado, Cristina; Santos Pintado, Cristina Maria Baptista; Figueira, Luis; Figueira, Luís Manuel Faria; Mesquita, João R.; Matos, Ana Cristina; Matos, Ana; Coelho, Ana CláudiaVarious species of the genus Brucella are highly virulent zoonotic agents. Brucella melitensis, B. abortus, and B. suis area broadly spread worldwide and animal brucellosis has a significant economic impact. This zoonotic disease affects both domestic pigs and wild pigs such as wild boar (Sus scrofa) In order to investigate the importance of wild boar (Sus scrofa) in the epidemiology of Brucella infection in Portugal, a serological survey was performed on samples from 184 wild boar fron the Centre region of Portugal.