BOOK CHAPTERS
2023
Arenas-Gamboa AM. Brucella. In: Pathogenesis of Bacterial Infections in Animals. (ed. J. F. Prescott), 5th ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, pp. 361-372.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
2024
54. Williams C, Swisher S, Miller N, Pinn-Woodcock T, Austin C, Hsiao S, Arenas-Gamboa AM, Tiller R, Thacker T, … Pieracci, EG (2024). Human exposures to Brucella canis from a pregnant dog during an international flight: Public health risks, diagnostic challenges and future considerations. Zoonoses and Public Health, 00, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/zph.13121.
2023
53. Laine CG, Johnson VE, Scott HM, Arenas-Gamboa AM. Global Estimate of Human Brucellosis Incidence. Emerg Infect Dis. 29(9), 1789-1797, 2023; doi.org/10.3201/eid2909.230052.
52. Moreno E, Middlebrook EA, Altamirano-Silva P, Al Dahouk S, Araj GF, Arce-Gorvel V, Arenas-Gamboa A, et. al. If You’re Not Confused, You’re Not Paying Attention: Ochrobactrum Is Not Brucella. J Clin Microbiol. 61:e00438-23, 2023; doi.org/10.1128/jcm.00438-23.
2022
51. Stranahan LW, Garcia-Gonzalez DG, Hensel ME, Arenas-Gamboa AM. Primary and memory immune responses against rough Brucella canis are less robust compared to smooth B. abortus and B. melitensis following intratracheal infection in mice. Front Immunol. Sec. Microbial Immunology. August 11, 2022; doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.959328.
50. Laine CG, Scott HM, and Arenas-Gamboa AM. Human brucellosis: Widespread information deficiency hinders an understanding of global disease frequency. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. May 17, 2022; doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0010404.
2021
49. Stranahan LW and Arenas-Gamboa AM. When the Going Gets Rough: The Significance of Brucella Lipopolysaccharide Phenotype in Host–Pathogen Interactions. Front. Microbiol.. July 15, 2021; doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.713157.
48. Arenas-Gamboa AM, Simmons HL, Krecek RC, Logan LL, Ellis D, Ptaschinski M, Cargill J, Werre S, Mulumba M, Heath L. AgSecure Africa Programme™: A Sustainable Training Approach for Africa. JVDI. Jan 25, 2021; doi:10.3138/jvme-2020-0047.
47. Camargo-Castañeda AM, Stranahan LW, Edwards JF, Garcia-Gonzalez DG, Roa L, Ávila-Granados LM, Hensel ME, Arenas-Gamboa AM. Characterization of epididymal and testicular histologic lesions and use of immunohistochemistry and PCR on formalin-fixed tissues to detect Brucella canis in male dogs. JVDI. 39:617-625. Jan 19, 2021; doi:10.1177/1040638720986883
46. Castaño-Zubieta MR, Rossetti CA, García-González DG, Maurizio E, Hensel ME, Rice-Ficht AC, Ficht TA, Arenas-Gamboa AM. Evaluation of the safety profile of the vaccine candidate Brucella melitensis 16MΔvjbR strain in goats. Vaccine. Jan 15, 2021; doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.11.033.
45. Avenant A, Park JY, Vorster I, Mitchell EP, Arenas-Gamboa AM. Porcine babesiosis caused by Babesia sp. Suis in a pot-bellied pig in South Africa. Front. Vet. Sci. 7:620462. Jan 6, 2021; doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.620462.
2020
44. Laine CG, Wade A, Scott HM, Krecek RC, Arenas-Gamboa AM. Scoping Review of Brucellosis in Cameroon: Where do we stand, and where are we going? PLoS One. 15(9):e0239854. Sep 28, 2020; doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239854
41. Nejad RB, Krecek RC, Khalaf OH, Hailat N, Arenas-Gamboa AM. Brucellosis in the Middle East: Current Situation and a Pathway Forward. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020;14(5):e0008071. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008071
40. Stranahan LW, Chaki SP, Garcia-Gonzalez DG, Khalaf OH, Arenas-Gamboa AM. Evaluation of the Efficacy of the Brucella canis RM6/66 Δ vjbR Vaccine Candidate for Protection against B. canis Infection in Mice. mSphere. May/June 2020. 5(3). doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00172-20
39. Hensel ME, Garcia-Gonzalez DG, Chaki SP, Hartwig A, Gordy PW, Bowen R, Ficht TA, Arenas-Gamboa AM. Vaccine Candidate Brucella melitensis 16MΔvjbR Is Safe in a Pregnant Sheep Model and Confers Protection. mSphere. May 2020, 5(3) e00120-20. doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00120-20
38. Taylor BM, Chaffin MK, Rodrigues-Hoffmann A, Edwards JF, Arenas-Gamboa AM. Immersion Foot Syndrome in 6 Equids Exposed to Hurricane Floodwaters. Vet Pathol. Mar;57(2):290-295. doi: 10.1177/0300985819900019
37. Arenas-Gamboa AM, Simmons HL, Werre SR, Krecek RC. Bench to Shop™: An Interdisciplinary Training Program for Transitioning of Transboundary Animal Disease Research to Commercialization. [published online ahead of print, 2020 Mar 12]. JVME. doi:10.3138/jvme.2019-0048.
36. Adetunji SA, Ramirez G, Rice-Ficht A, Perez L, Foster MJ, Arenas-Gamboa AM. Building the Evidence Base for the Prevention of Raw Milk-Acquired Brucellosis: A Systematic Review. Front. Public Health. 8:76. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00076.
35. Khalaf OH, Chaki SP, Garcia-Gonzalez DG, Suva LJ, Gaddy D, Arenas-Gamboa AM. Interaction of Brucella abortus with Osteoclasts: a Step toward Understanding Osteoarticular Brucellosis and Vaccine Safety [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jan 13]. Infect Immun. doi:10.1128/IAI.00822-19.
2019
34. Avila-Granados LM, Garcia-Gonzalez DG, Zambrano-Varon JL, Arenas-Gamboa AM. Brucellosis in Colombia: Current Status and Challenges in the Control of an Endemic Disease. Front Vet Sci. 2019;6:321. Published 2019 Sep 24. doi:10.3389/fvets.2019.00321
33. Zriba S, Garcia-Gonzalez DG, Khalaf OH, Wheeler L, Chaki SP, Rice-Ficht Allison, Ficht TA, Arenas-Gamboa AM. Vaccine safety studies of Brucella abortus S19 and S19ΔvjbR in pregnant swine. Vaccine X. 2019; 3:100041. Published 2019 Aug 22. doi:10.1016/j.jvacx.2019.100041
32. Stranahan LW, Khalaf OH, Garcia-Gonzalez DG, Arenas-Gamboa AM. Characterization of Brucella canis infection in mice. PLoS One. 2019;14(6):e0218809. Published 2019 Jun 20. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0218809
31. Khalaf OH, Chaki SP, Garcia-Gonzalez DG, Ficht TA, Arenas-Gamboa AM. The NOD-scid IL2rγnull Mouse Model Is Suitable for the Study of Osteoarticular Brucellosis and Vaccine Safety. Infect Immun. 2019;87(6):e00901-18. Published 2019 May 21. doi:10.1128/IAI.00901-18
30. Hensel ME, Garcia-Gonzalez DG, Chaki SP, Samuel J, Arenas-Gamboa AM. Characterization of an intratracheal aerosol challenge model of Brucella melitensis in guinea pigs [published correction appears in PLoS One. 2019 Jun 11;14(6):e0218065]. PLoS One. 2019;14(3):e0212457. Mar 5, 2019; doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0212457
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29. Adetunji SA, Ramirez G, Foster MJ, Arenas-Gamboa AM. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of osteoarticular brucellosis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019;13(1):e0007112. Jan 18, 2020; doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0007112
2018
28. Hensel ME, Arenas-Gamboa AM. A Neglected Animal Model for a Neglected Disease: Guinea Pigs and the Search for an Improved Animal Model for Human Brucellosis. Front Microbiol. 2018;9:2593. Published 2018 Oct 31. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.02593
27. Hensel ME, Negron M, Arenas-Gamboa AM. Brucellosis in Dogs and Public Health Risk. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018;24(8):1401–1406. doi:10.3201/eid2408.171171
26. Parambeth JC, Simpler R, Ruoff C, Spaulding K, Bryan L, Arenas-Gamboa A, Clark BE, Eichelberger B. German Shepherd Dog with vomiting, retching and tachypnoea. Aust Vet Pract. 2018; 48 (1):25-26.
25. Adetunji SA, Krecek RC, O’Dell N, Prozesky L, Steyl J, Arenas-Gamboa AM. MELANOMA IN GOLDEN AND KING WILDEBEESTS ( CONNOCHAETES TAURINUS). J Zoo Wildl Med. 2018;49(1):134–142. doi:10.1638/2017-0059R1.1
24. Franc KA, Krecek RC, Häsler BN, Arenas-Gamboa AM. Brucellosis remains a neglected disease in the developing world: a call for interdisciplinary action. BMC Public Health. 2018;18(1):125. Published 2018 Jan 11. doi:10.1186/s12889-017-5016-y
2017
23. Rossetti CA, Arenas-Gamboa AM, Maurizio E. Caprine brucellosis: A historically neglected disease with significant impact on public health. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017;11(8):e0005692. Published 2017 Aug 17. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005692
22. Pedersen K, Bauer NE, Olsen S, Arenas-Gamboa AM, Henry AC, Sibley TD, Gidlewski T. Identification of Brucella spp. in feral swine (Sus scrofa) at abattoirs in Texas, USA. Zoonoses Public Health. 2017;64(8):647–654. doi:10.1111/zph.12359
21. Pandey A, Ding SL, Qin QM, Gupta R, Gomez G, Lin F, Feng X, Fachini da Costa L, Chaki SP, Katepalli M, Case ED, van Schaik EJ, Sidiq T, Khalaf O, Arenas A, Kobayashi KS, Samuel JE, Rivera GM, Alaniz RC, Sze SH, Qian X, Brown WJ, Rice-Ficht A, Russell WK, Ficht TA, de Figueiredo P. Global Reprogramming of Host Kinase Signaling in Response to Fungal Infection. Cell Host Microbe. 2017;21(5):637–649.e6. doi:10.1016/j.chom.2017.04.008
2016
20. Arenas-Gamboa AM, Rossetti CA, Chaki SP, Garcia-Gonzalez DG, Adams LG, Ficht TA. Human Brucellosis and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes. Curr Trop Med Rep. 2016;3(4):164–172. doi:10.1007/s40475-016-0092-0
19. Pandey A, Cabello A, Akoolo L, Rice-Ficht A, Arenas-Gamboa AM, McMurray D, Ficht TA; de Figueiredo P. The Case for Live Attenuated Vaccines against the Neglected Zoonotic Diseases Brucellosis and Bovine Tuberculosis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016;10(8):e0004572. Published 2016 Aug 18. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004572
18. Adetunji SA, Gomez G, De la Concha-Bermejillo A, Oliveira F, Arenas-Gamboa AM. Reticulo-ruminal milk accumulation (ruminal drinking) in five pre-ruminant white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Texas. Braz J Vet Pathol. 2016; 9(2):47-54.
17. Geresu MA, Ameni G, Kassa T, Tuli G, Arenas A, Kassa GM. Seropositivity and risk factors for Brucella in dairy cows in Asella and Bishoftu towns, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. Afr J Microbiol Res. 2016; 10(7):203-213. doi:10.5897/AJMR2015.7707
16. Geresu MA, Ameni G, Wubete A, Arenas-Gamboa AM, Kassa GM. Isolation and identification of Brucella species from dairy cattle by biochemical tests: The first report from Ethiopia. World Vet J. 2016; 6(2):80-88.
2015
15. Patterson JL, Arenas-Gamboa AM, Wang TY, Hsiao HC, Howell DW, Pellois JP, Rice-Ficht A, Bondos SE. Materials composed of the Drosophila Hox protein Ultrabithorax are biocompatible and nonimmunogenic. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2015;103(4):1546–1553. doi:10.1002/jbm.a.35295
2014
14. Arenas-Gamboa AM, Tanabe M, Edwards J, Storts R. Peripheral Neuroblastomas in Dogs: A Case Series. J Comp Pathol. 2014;150(4):361–365. doi:10.1016/j.jcpa.2013.11.211
2013
13. Lee KM, Chiu KB, Sansing HA, Didier DJ, Ficht TA, Arenas-Gamboa AM, Roy, CJ, MacLean AG. Aerosol-induced brucellosis increases TLR-2 expression and increased complexity in the microanatomy of astroglia in rhesus macaques. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2013;3:86. Published 2013 Dec 2. doi:10.3389/fcimb.2013.00086
2012
12. Arenas-Gamboa AM, Rice-Ficht AC, Fan Y, Kahl-McDonagh MM, Ficht TA. Extended Safety and Efficacy Studies of the Attenuated Brucella Vaccine Candidates 16M∆vjbR and S19∆vjbR in the Immunocompromised IRF-1¯/¯ Mouse Model. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2012;19(2):249–260. doi:10.1128/CVI.05321-11
11. Arenas-Gamboa AM, Bearss JJ, Hubbard GB, Porter BF, Owston MA, Dick Jr. EJ. Sclerosing Cholangitis in Baboons (Papio spp) Resembling Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis of Humans. Vet Pathol. 2012;49(3):524–527. doi:10.1177/0300985811419532
2011
10. Arenas-Gamboa AM, Rice-Ficht AC, Kahl-McDonagh MM, Ficht TA. Protective Efficacy and Safety of Brucella melitensis 16M∆mucR against Intraperitoneal and Aerosol Challenge in BALB/c Mice [published correction appears in Infect Immun. 2011 Dec;79(12):5040]. Infect Immun. 2011;79(9):3653–3658. doi:10.1128/IAI.05330-11
9. Ajithdoss DK, Arenas-Gamboa AM, Edwards JF. A fibrous band associated with the non-coronary aortic valve cusp in a dog. J Vet Cardiol. 2011;13(2):127–129. doi:10.1016/j.jvc.2011.01.004
8. Arenas-Gamboa AM, Mansell J. Epithelioid Haemangiosarcoma in the Ocular Tissue of Horses. J Comp Pathol. 2011;144(4):328–333. doi:10.1016/j.jcpa.2010.10.011
2010
7. Rice-Ficht AC, Arenas-Gamboa AM, Kahl-McDonagh MM, Ficht TA. Polymeric particles in vaccine delivery. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2010;13(1):106–112. doi:10.1016/j.mib.2009.12.001
2009
6. Arenas-Gamboa AM, Ficht TA, Davis DS, Elzer PH, Kahl-McDonagh M, Wong-Gonzalez A, Rice-Ficht AC. ORAL VACCINATION WITH MICROENCAPSULED STRAIN 19 VACCINE CONFERS ENHANCED PROTECTION AGAINST BRUCELLA ABORTUS STRAIN 2308 CHALLENGE IN RED DEER (CERVUS ELAPHUS ELAPHUS). J Wildl Dis. 2009;45(4):1021–1029. doi:10.7589/0090-3558-45.4.1021
5. Ficht TA, Kahl-McDonagh MM, Arenas-Gamboa AM, Rice-Ficht AC. Brucellosis: the case for live, attenuated vaccines. Vaccine. 2009;27 Suppl 4(Suppl 4):D40–D43. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.08.058
4. Arenas-Gamboa AM, Ficht TA, Davis DS, Elzer PH, Wong-Gonzalez A, Rice-Ficht AC. ENHANCED IMMUNE RESPONSE OF RED DEER (CERVUS ELAPHUS) TO LIVE RB51 VACCINE STRAIN USING COMPOSITE MICROSPHERES. J Wildl Dis. 2009;45(1):165–173. doi:10.7589/0090-3558-45.1.165
3. Arenas-Gamboa AM, Ficht TA, Kahl-McDonagh MM, Gomez G, Rice-Ficht AC. The Brucella abortus S19 ΔvjbR Live Vaccine Candidate Is Safer than S19 and Confers Protection against Wild-type Challenge in BALB/c Mice When Delivered in a Sustained-Release Vehicle. Infect Immun. 2009;77(2):877–884. doi:10.1128/IAI.01017-08
2008
2. Arenas-Gamboa AM, Ficht TA, Kahl-McDonagh MM, Rice-Ficht AC. Immunization with a Single Dose of a Microencapsulated Brucella melitensis Mutant Enhances Protection against Wild-Type Challenge. Infect Immun. 2008;76(6):2448–2455. doi:10.1128/IAI.00767-07
2007
1. Kahl-McDonagh MM, Arenas-Gamboa AM, Ficht TA. Aerosol Infection of BALB/c Mice with Brucella melitensis and Brucella abortus and Protective Efficacy against Aerosol Challenge. Infect Immun. 2007;75(10):4923–4932. doi:10.1128/IAI.00451-07