An unusual etiology of PUO
Gogia, A.; Dugga, L.; Dutta, S.
Journal of the Association of Physicians of India 59: 47-49
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-5772 PMID: 21751665 Document Number: 649014
Infection with Brucella spp. continues to pose a human health risk globally despite strides in eradicating the disease from domestic animals. Brucellosis has been an emerging disease since the discovery of Brucella melitensis by Sir David Bruce in 1887. Although many countries have eradicated B. abortus from cattle, in some areas B. melitensis and B. suis have emerged as causes of this infection in cattle, leading to human infections. Currently B. melitensis remains the principal cause of human brucellosis worldwide including India.