Ruben B, Band J D, Wong P, Colville J
Division of Infectious Diseases, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan 48073.
Lancet. 1991 Jan 5;337(8732):14-5. doi: 10.1016/0140-6736(91)93332-4.
Human brucellosis is primarily an occupational hazard in the USA; in the Middle East and Africa ingestion of contaminated dairy products is an important route of infection. Whether human beings can become infected via person-to-person spread is uncertain. During an investigation of a commonsource, laboratory-associated outbreak due to Brucella melitensis, biotype 3, the wife of a microbiologist with serologically proven brucellosis became infected. Her blood isolate was indistinguishable from the epidemic strain. In the absence of other risk factors, we suggest that sexual intercourse is a possible means of transmission.
在美国，人类布鲁氏菌病主要是一种职业危害；在中东和非洲，摄入受污染的乳制品是重要的感染途径。人类是否能通过人际传播而感染尚不确定。在对一起由生物3型羊种布鲁氏菌引起的实验室相关共同来源暴发进行调查期间，一名血清学确诊为布鲁氏菌病的微生物学家的妻子被感染。她血液中的分离菌与流行菌株无法区分。在没有其他风险因素的情况下，我们认为性交是一种可能的传播方式。
