Brucellosis: Additional Information

MMWR Articles

• CDC. Brucella suis Infection Associated with Feral Swine Hunting --- Three States, 2007—2008. MMWR 2009; 58(22):618-621.
• CDC. Public Health Consequences of a False-Positive Laboratory Test Result for Brucella --- Florida, Georgia, and Michigan, 2005. MMWR 2008; 57(22):603-605.
• CDC. Laboratory-Acquired Brucellosis --- Indiana and Minnesota, 2006. MMWR 2008; 57(02):39-42.
• CDC. Update: Potential Exposures to Attenuated Vaccine Strain Brucella abortus RB51 During a Laboratory Proficiency Test --- United States and Canada, 2007. MMWR 2008; 57(02): 36-39.
• CDC. Notice to Readers: Potential Exposure to Attenuated Vaccine Strain Brucella abortus RB51 During a Laboratory Proficiency Test --- United States, 2007. MMWR 2007; 56(50):1320-1321.
• CDC. Human Exposure to Brucella abortus Strain RB51--Kansas, 1997. MMWR March 47:172-174.

Links

• Case Report Form [PDF - 1.15 MB]
• Brucellosis Case Definition 1997
• Brucellosis & Hunters brochure [PDF - 1.4 MB]
• National Select Agent Program
• USDA/Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Brucellosis page

References

• Glynn MK, Lynn TV. Brucellosis. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2008;233(6):900-908.
• Ashford DA, di Pietra J, Lingappa J, et al. Adverse events in humans associated with accidental exposure to the livestock brucellosis vaccine RB51. Vaccine 2004;22:3435-3439.
• CDC. Human exposure to Brucella abortus strain RB51-Kansas, 1997.MMWR 1998;47:172-175.
• US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service National Animal Disease Center, Iowa State University, Stevens, M G, Olsen SC, Palmer MV, Cheville NF. Brucella abortus strain RB51: A new brucellosis vaccine for cattle. Compendium 1997; 19:766-774.
• Baldi PC, Miguel SE, Fossati, CA, Wallach JC. Serological follow-up of human brucellosis by measuring IgG Antibodies to lipoplysaccharide and cytoplasmic proteins of Brucella species. Clin Infect Dis 1996; 22:446-455.
• Martin-Mazuelos E, Nogales MC, Florez C, Gomez-Mateos M, Lozano F, Sanchez A. Outbreak of Brucella melitensis among microbiology laboratory workers. J Clin Microbiol 1994; 32: 2035-2036.
• Khuri-bulos NA, Doud AH, Azab SM. Treatment of childhood brucellosis: results of a prospective trial on 113 children. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1993; 12:377-381.
• Ko J, Splitter GA. Molecular host-pathogen interaction in brucellosis: current understanding and future approaches to vaccine development for mice and humans. Clin Microbiol Rev 2003; 16(1): 65-78.
• Chomel BB, DeBess EE, Mangiamele DM, Reilly KF, Farver TB, Sun RK, Barrett LR. Changing trends in the epidemiology of human brucellosis in California from 1973 to 1992: a shift toward foodborne transmission. J Infect Dis 1994; 170:1216-1223.