After reports in 2017 of Brucella neotomae infections among humans in Costa Rica, we sequenced 12 strains isolated from rodents during 1955-1964 from Utah, USA. We observed an exact strain match between the human isolates and 1 Utah isolate. Independent confirmation is required to clarify B. neotomae zoonotic potential.
Keywords: Brucella neotomae; Costa Rica; France; Great Salt Lake; SNP; United Kingdom; United States; Utah; WGS; bacteria; food safety; single-nucleotide polymorphism; whole-genome sequencing; zoonoses.