title: The new global map of human brucellosis.
abstract: The epidemiology of human brucellosis, the commonest zoonotic infection worldwide, has drastically changed over the past decade because of various sanitary, socioeconomic, and political reasons, together with the evolution of international travel. Several areas traditionally considered to be endemic--eg, France, Israel, and most of Latin America--have achieved control of the disease. On the other hand, new foci of human brucellosis have emerged, particularly in central Asia, while the situation in certain countries of the Near East (eg, Syria) is rapidly worsening. Furthermore, the disease is still present, in varying trends, both in European countries and in the USA. Awareness of this new global map of human brucellosis will allow for proper interventions from international public-health organisations.
authors.affiliation: First Division of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Greece. gpele@otenet.gr
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pappas
authors.forename: Photini
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Papadimitriou
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Akritidis
authors.forename: Leonidas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Christou
authors.forename: Epameinondas V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Tsianos
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D015047:Zoonoses