Human brucellosis in Thailand: reported cases summary

Abstract

Brucellosis is an important zoonosis from cattle, swine, goats, sheep and dogs. It can be seen in many countries around the world 1 . The patient can have wide spectrum of clinical feature and it is usually seen as a case of fever of unknown FUO origin 2 . However, in Southeast Asia, this disease is extremely rare. In Thailand, a tropical country in Southeast Asia, brucellosis was firstly reported in 1970 and there were sporadic case reports after that 3, 4 . Here, the authors have summarized on the clinical features of all available case reports of brucellosis in Thailand until now October 2015 .

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