Description
Brucella spp., Coxiella burnetii, and tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) are believed to be enzootic in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and pose a particular public health risk due to their transmissibility in unpasteurized milk and dairy products. We established a milk surveillance methodology employing immuno and molecular assays to identify these agents, and applied this methodology to milk samples collected in western Kazakhstan in winter 2014-2015.