A new outbreak of brucellosis in Bulgaria detected in July 2015--preliminary report
| Autor: | Rumiana Nenova, Iskra Tomova, Todor Kantardjiev, Raina Saparevska |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Veterinary medicine Epidemiology Brucellosis Disease Outbreaks Preliminary report Risk Factors Virology Zoonoses parasitic diseases medicine Animals Humans Socioeconomics Bulgaria Aged Goat Diseases Transmission (medicine) Goats Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Outbreak Middle Aged medicine.disease Antibodies Bacterial Brucella Geography Milk Female Disease transmission |
| Zdroj: | Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin. 20(39) |
| ISSN: | 1560-7917 |
| Popis: | During July 2015 a brucellosis outbreak was detected in Kyustendil district, west Bulgaria. As of 15 August, 31 patients have been diagnosed all with an epidemiological connection to Rila town. Patients have not travelled/worked abroad. Breeding family-owned goats and/or improper use of their milk appear to be the main risk factors for transmission of the infection. This second autochthonous brucellosis outbreak in Bulgaria since 2006, affects the western part of the country. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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