Open AccessUndulant Fever, Melitococemia and focalizations, Brucellosis to be rediscovered
Author(s) -
Ajaz Nabi Koul
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of medical sciences/journal of medical sciences (srinagar. online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2582-063X
pISSN - 0972-110X
DOI - 10.33883/jms.v18i2.259
Subject(s) - brucellosis , medicine , zoonotic disease , transmission (telecommunications) , livestock , rural area , veterinary medicine , disease , environmental health , geography , pathology , forestry , electrical engineering , engineering
Since, advent of 20th Century, Brucellosis has been making smoldering impact on health care system in developed as well as developing countries.The places dependent on livestock, intertied rural customs, social taboos and sub-optional immunization schedule make transmission of brucellosis rapid. Brucellosis mainly a zoonotic disease makes transmission from animal kingdom to humans through breach of good preventive guidelines. It presents mainly as Undulant fever, which characterizes itself as remitting and relapsing pattern. Its other name of Malta fever derive from its location in Portugal, Israel and Jordan. JMS 2015;18(2):122