Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (4): 1575-1593.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2025.04.010

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Research Progress in the Virulence Factors and Intracellular Survival Mechanism of Brucella

YOU Liuchao(), YIN Hao, TAO Zhengyu, HUANG Rong, FU Lei*(), CHU Yuefeng*()   

  1. State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention/College of Veterinary Medicine of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
  • Received:2024-05-20 Online:2025-04-23 Published:2025-04-28
  • Contact: FU Lei, CHU Yuefeng E-mail:82101221298@caas.cn;Fulei@caas.cn;chuyuefeng@caas.cn

Abstract:

Brucellosis is an important zoonotic disease that is prevalent worldwide, while causing numerous economic losses to animal husbandry, it also poses a serious threat to human health and public health security. Brucella can use various strategies for immune system evasion, not only resisting the bactericidal effect of phagocytic cells, but also creating a favorable microenvironment in host cells for its survival, ultimately leading to persistent chronic infection. These characteristics pose significant challenges to the prevention and control of brucellosis. As a prerequisite for further understanding and preventing brucellosis, the virulence process, intracellular survival, and immune evasion of Brucella have always been the focus of attention. So, this work reviewed the Brucella pathogenesis research progress from perspectives of virulence factors, intracellular survival, and immune evasion mechanism, providing reference for future development of novel safe, efficient prevention and control products by elucidating Brucella pathogenesis.

Key words: Brucella, virulence factor, intracellular survival, pathogenesis

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