Difference between revisions of "Human Brucellosis"

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Young, E. J. (1995) '''An Overview of Human Brucellosis''' ''Clinical Infectious Diseases 21, No. 2 pp. 283-289''
 
 
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**Transmission via contact with secretions from infected animals
 
**Transmission via contact with secretions from infected animals
 
**Routes of infection: skin abrasions, inhalation, ingestion
 
**Routes of infection: skin abrasions, inhalation, ingestion

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    • Transmission via contact with secretions from infected animals
    • Routes of infection: skin abrasions, inhalation, ingestion
    • Unpasteurised milk source of infection
    • Undulant fever - fluctuating pyrexia, malaise, fatigue, muscle and joint pains, osteomyelitis
    • Can become chronic
    • B melitensis and B. suis cause most severe infections
    • Antimicrobials