title: Re-emergence of brucellosis in cattle in France and risk for human health.
abstract: A case of human brucellosis was diagnosed in France in January 2012. The investigation demonstrated that the case had been contaminated by raw milk cheese from a neighbouring dairy farm. As France has been officially free of bovine brucellosis since 2005, veterinary investigations are being conducted to determine the origin of the infection and avoid its spread among other herds. Hypotheses about the source of this infection are discussed.
authors.affiliation: French Institute for Public Health Surveillance-Institut de Veille Sanitaire-InVS, Saint Maurice, France. a.mailles@invs.sante.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mailles
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rautureau
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Le Horgne
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Poignet-Leroux
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: d'Arnoux
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dennetière
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Faure
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lavigne
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bru
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Garin-Bastuji
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017347:Brucella melitensis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D002007:Brucellosis, Bovine / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging; D003611:Dairy Products; D005506:Food Contamination; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012307:Risk Factors; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences