Brucellosis is a zoonosis caused by ingestion of unpasteurized milk or other dairy products from infected animals or through close contact with their secretions. Human-to-human transmission, which is rare, has been reported in association with blood transfusion, bone marrow transplantation, transplacental or perinatal exposure, and breastfeeding. In the neonatal period, congenital brucellosis, ...

Unresolved issues remain surrounding the treatment of human brucellosis. The present work aims to provide useful information to help clinicians make decisions when treating brucellosis patients. Information based on scientific evidence from clin‐ ical trials published over the past 30 years has been compiled and presented in an up‐ dated form, covering both focal and non-focal, or uncomplicated...

The index case in this report was clinically, epidemiologically, and serologically proved to be suffering from acute brucellosis acquired in Britain and complicated by acute intractable reactive arthritis. HLA tissue typing was A1, A2, B7, and B27. As there is no information available about HLA typing in brucellosis in Britain, we examined further cases of human brucellosis retrospectively. Thr...

The aims of this review were to characterize human and animals brucellosis epidemiology in Yemen and also guide policy makers to draw sound decisions regarding brucellosis control policies. The Seroprevalence of human brucellosis in Yemen was ranging from 0.3 to 32.3%. Nevertheless, it is suggested that a stronger inter-sectoral collaboration among pregnant women, veterinary, medical and public...

AIM To analyze the epidemiological characteristics of human brucellosis in Serbia from 1980 to 2008 and the most important factors affecting its emergence and spread. METHODS Public sources of data on brucellosis were used, including official reports of infectious diseases and epidemics, as well as monthly and annual reports of the Serbia and Vojvodina Institutes of Public Health. RESULTS F...

Brucellosis is caused by various species of the genus Brucella, which is the second most widely spread zoonosis worldwide (Dawood, 2008). It is one of the infectious diseases, which poses major constraint for animal production. The disease is an important public health problem in many parts of the world including India (Pal, 2007; Hadush and Pal, 2013). Brucellosis is burning problem in Gujarat...

TO THE EDITOR—Brucellosis is a common zoonotic disease worldwide [1]. The epidemiology of human brucellosis has drastically changed owing to changing sanitary and socioeconomic conditions, and the substantial increase in international travel. New foci of human brucellosis have emerged or reemerged, with brucellosis becoming a travel-related disease, particularly in nonendemic areas [2–4]. Aware...

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Conclusion. Human brucellosis should always be in the differential diagnosis of a patient with rash and fever. Cutaneous findings may be useful in diagnosing brucellosis in persons who live in endemic regions. Early diagnosis and timely initiation of proper antibiotic treatment are of major importance for the effective cure and prevention of complications of the disease. General practitioners a...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Brucellosis is one of the most common zoonotic diseases in Iran and human brucellosis is endemic in all parts of the country. Because of the difficulty in the diagnosis of brucellosis, particularly in endemic areas, the use of new and feasible diagnostic tests seem to be of great importance for resolving the diagnostic obstacles. We evaluated the usefulness of a new se...