Friday, February 25, 2011
Brucellosis ? Information on Brucellosis
Brucellosis is a zoonotic infection transmitted from animals to humans by ingestion of infected food products, direct contact with an infected animal, or inhalation of aerosols. This last method of transmission is remarkably efficient given the relatively low concentration of organisms (as few as 10-100 bacteria) needed to establish infection in humans and has brought renewed attention to this old disease. First officially diagnosed as an infection in British soldiers, brucellosis now is touted
