Brucella ceti and brucellosis in cetaceans.

"Conflict of Interest Statement The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest."

"The authors thank Montserrat Barberán (SIA-DGA, Zaragoza, Spain) for some of the photographs of brain histopathological sections performed in Atlantic S. coeruleoalba with brucellosis; the KETO Foundation for their assistance with the stranded animals in Costa Rica. This work was funded by the following grants: FIDA-2006-UNA, UCR-Subdivision of Research, FS-CONARE-UNA/UCR/ITCR, FORINVES-FV-001-07-MICIT/CONICIT, NeTropica 8-N-2008, and International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology. This work was done as part of the UCR/DAAD Humboldt Fellow award 2012 to Edgardo Moreno."