Table 2.
Host profiles of Brucella strains in countries along the Silk Road.
| Host | China | Kazakhstan | Turkey | Germany | Italy | Iran | Israel | Lebanon | Mongolia | Syria | India |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. abortus | Cattle, humans, ovines |
Cattle, camels |
Humans | Cattle | Buffalo, cattle, ovines |
— | — | — | Cattle | Cattle | Buffalo, human, cattle |
| B. melitensis | Humans, ovines, deer, bharals, camels, caprines, cattle |
Cattle, dogs, humans, ovine |
Humans | Humans | Caprines, cattle, humans, ovines |
Humans | Ovine, human, cattle |
Human | Human | Human, ovine |
Ovine, human, caprine |
| B. suis | Deer, humans, ovines, swine |
— | — | Boars, hares, swine |
Wild boars | — | — | — | — | — | Human |
—, no data.