TY - CHAP
T1 - Pediatric brucellosis
T2 - An (Almost) forgotten disease
AU - Yagupsky, Pablo
PY - 2011/12/19
Y1 - 2011/12/19
N2 - Brucellosis is the most common bacterial zoonotic infection causing human infections worldwide. Although the disease in domestic animals has been controlled in most developed countries, human brucellosis remains an endemic public health threat in several parts of the world, affecting especially the pediatric population. The aim of this chapter is to summarize the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of childhood brucellosis, and discuss the public health agenda for eradicating the disease.
AB - Brucellosis is the most common bacterial zoonotic infection causing human infections worldwide. Although the disease in domestic animals has been controlled in most developed countries, human brucellosis remains an endemic public health threat in several parts of the world, affecting especially the pediatric population. The aim of this chapter is to summarize the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of childhood brucellosis, and discuss the public health agenda for eradicating the disease.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=83455219932&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4614-0204-6_11
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4614-0204-6_11
M3 - Chapter
C2 - 22125040
AN - SCOPUS:83455219932
SN - 9781461402039
T3 - Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
SP - 123
EP - 132
BT - Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children VIII
A2 - Curtis, Nigel
A2 - Finn, Adam
A2 - Pollard, Andrew
ER -