To the Editor: Brucellosis is a serious, globally distributed zoonotic disease. Humans are susceptible to infection by Brucella suis, B. abortus, B. melitensis, and ...NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutJournalListEmergInfectDisv.17(12);2011DecPMC3311166EmergInfectDis.2011Dec;17(12):2386–2387.doi: 10.3201/eid1712.111127PMCID:PMC3311166PMID:22172146BrucellasuisInfectioninDogs,Georgia,USASheelaRamamoorthy,MogesWoldemeskel,AlanLigett,RonSnider,RobertCobb,andSreekumariRajeevAuthorinformationArticlenotesCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimerUniversityofGeorgia,Tifton,Georgia,USA(S.Ramamoorthy,M.Woldemeskel,A.Ligett,R.Snider,S.Rajeev);GeorgiaDepartmentofAgriculture,Atlanta,Georgia(R.Cobb)Correspondingauthor.Addressforcorrespondence:SheelaRamamoorthy,DepartmentofInfectiousDiseases,VeterinaryDiagnosticandInvestigationalLaboratory,CollegeofVeterinaryMedicine,UniversityofGeorgia,Tifton,GA31793,USA;email:ude.agu@raleehsKeywords:brucellosis,Brucellasuis,bacteria,infection,zoonosis,dogs,orchitis,GeorgiaCopyrightnoticeThisarticlehasbeencitedbyotherarticlesinPMC.TotheEditor:Brucellosisisaserious,globallydistributedzoonoticdisease.HumansaresusceptibletoinfectionbyBrucellasuis,B.abortus,B.melitensis,andB.canisandcanhavelifelongsymptomsofundulatingfever,enlargedlymphnodes,malaise,andarthritis(1).In2009,theUnitedStateswasofficiallyclassifiedfreeofB.abortus.AllstatesexceptTexasareclassifiedasstageIII(free)forswinebrucellosiscausedbyB.suis(2).Consumptionofunpasteurizeddairyproductsconfersthehighestriskforbrucellosisindisease-endemicareas(3).However,huntersandownersofhuntingdogsareathighriskfortransmissionofbrucellosisfromwildlife.SporadictransmissionofB.canisfrompetdogstotheirownershasbeenreported(4–6).WedescribearecentincreaseinB.suisdetectionindogsinsouthernGeorgia,USA,andcautionthepublicaboutthepotentialfortransmissiontohumansincontactwithinfecteddogsandwildhogs.SmoothBrucellaspp.expresstheimmunodominantOsidechainonthelipo