What is Brucellosis?
What is Brucellosis?
- Brucellosis: An infectious disease caused by the Brucella genus which is transmitted from animals to humans.
- Brucellosis: Infection caused by bacteria of the genus BRUCELLA mainly involving the reticuloendothelial system. This condition is characterized by fever, weakness, malaise, and weight loss.
Source - Diseases Database
- Brucellosis: infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Brucellosis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Brucellosis, or a subtype of Brucellosis,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Brucellosis as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Brucellosis: Introduction
Types of Brucellosis:
Broader types of Brucellosis:
How many people get Brucellosis?
Incidence (annual) of Brucellosis: 82 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
Incidence Rate of Brucellosis: approx 1 in 3,317,073 or 0.00% or 82 people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Brucellosis:
Brucellosis is not very common in the United States, where100
to 200 cases occur each year. But brucellosis can be very common
in countries where animal disease control programs have not reduced
the amount of disease among animals. (Source: excerpt from Brucellosis General: DBMD)
...
In the United States, < 0.5 cases
per 100,000 population. Most cases are reported from California,
Florida, Texas, and Virginia.> (Source: excerpt from Brucellosis: DBMD)
Who gets Brucellosis?
Geography Profile for Brucellosis: Although brucellosis can be found worldwide, it is more common
in countries that do not have good standardized and effective
public health and domestic animal health programs. Areas currently
listed as high risk are the Mediterranean Basin (Portugal, Spain,
Southern France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, North Africa), South and
Central America, Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, the Caribbean,
and the Middle East. Unpasteurized cheeses, sometimes called "village
cheeses," from these areas may represent a particular risk for
tourists. (Source: excerpt from Brucellosis General: DBMD)
How serious is Brucellosis?
Prognosis of Brucellosis: Mortality is low (<2%)>
Complications of Brucellosis:
see complications of Brucellosis
Prognosis of Brucellosis: Depending on the
timing of treatment and severity of illness, recovery may take
a few weeks to several months. Mortality is low (<2%), and
is usually associated with endocarditis. (Source: excerpt from Brucellosis General: DBMD)
What causes Brucellosis?
Causes of Brucellosis: see causes of Brucellosis
Causes of Brucellosis: Humans are generally infected in one of three ways: eating or
drinking something that is contaminated with Brucella,
breathing in the organism (inhalation), or having the bacteria
enter the body through skin wounds. The most common way to be
infected is by eating or drinking contaminated milk products. (Source: excerpt from Brucellosis General: DBMD)
Risk factors for Brucellosis:
see
risk factors for Brucellosis
What are the symptoms of Brucellosis?
Symptoms of Brucellosis:
see symptoms of Brucellosis
Complications of Brucellosis:
see complications of Brucellosis
Incubation period for Brucellosis: a week up to months
Can anyone else get Brucellosis?
Contagion of Brucellosis: Usually caught from contaminated animals or milk.
More information:
see contagiousness of Brucellosis
Brucellosis: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Brucellosis.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Brucellosis.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Brucellosis:
see treatments for Brucellosis
Prevention of Brucellosis:
see prevention of Brucellosis
Research for Brucellosis:
see research for Brucellosis
Society issues for Brucellosis
Hospitalization statistics for Brucellosis:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Brucellosis:
- 0.0001% (12) of hospital consultant episodes were for brucellosis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 50% of hospital consultant episodes for brucellosis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 17% of hospital consultant episodes for brucellosis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 83% of hospital consultant episodes for brucellosis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for brucellosis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 19.3 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for brucellosis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 13 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for brucellosis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Name and Aliases of Brucellosis
Main name of condition: Brucellosis
Class of Condition for Brucellosis: bacterial
Other names or spellings for Brucellosis:
Brucella, undulant fever, Malta fever, Mediterranean fever, Bang disease, Cyprus fever, Febris Melitensis, Febris Sudoralis, Febris Undulans, Gibraltar Fever, Goat Fever, Maltese Fever, meditarranean Fever, Melitensis septicemia, melitococcosis, Neapolitan fever, Rock fever
Brucella, Malta fever, Undulant fever
Source - Diseases Database
Undulant fever, Malta fever, Gibraltar fever, Rock fever, Mediterranean fever, Brucellosis, Malta fever, Gibraltar fever, Rock fever, Mediterranean fever
Source - WordNet 2.1
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