title: Historical perspective of brucellosis: a microbiological and epidemiological overview.
abstract: The historical process of brucellosis extends back to humankind's first contact with animals. Although brucellosis is a sporadic disease observed in animals in certain regions of the world, it is an important disease in humans that can affect many organs and systems due to the consumption of contaminated milk or milk products. Studies have shown that the presence of Brucella dates back to 60 million years ago. In 450 BC, Hippocrates described a disease similar to brucellosis. Since Hippocrates' time, brucellosis has been characterized by fever. Our aim is to investigate selfless work undertaken by scientists on the epidemiology, diagnosis and clinical findings of brucellosis until today, and to gain a historical perspective about the disease that is as old as human history, still has importance today, causes economic losses in treated animals and harms human health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey.
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Akpinar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000266:history; D002002:Brucella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history* / Q000382:microbiology; D003718:Denmark; D014943:Global Health / Q000266:history; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008829:Microbiology / Q000266:history*; D009726:Nurses; D010151:Paintings / Q000266:history*; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*; D014421:Turkey; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States; D018634:Veterinarians / Q000266:history*