Gogia A, Dugga L, Dutta S
Department of Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi 110 060.
J Assoc Physicians India. 2011 Jan;59:47-9.
Infection with Brucella spp. continues to pose a human health risk globally despite strides in eradicating the disease from domestic animals. Brucellosis has been an emerging disease since the discovery of Brucella melitensis by Sir David Bruce in 1887. Although many countries have eradicated B. abortus from cattle, in some areas B. melitensis and B. suis have emerged as causes of this infection in cattle, leading to human infections. Currently B. melitensis remains the principal cause of human brucellosis worldwide including India.
尽管在家畜中根除布鲁氏菌病已取得进展,但布鲁氏菌属感染在全球范围内仍对人类健康构成风险。自1887年大卫·布鲁斯爵士发现羊种布鲁氏菌以来,布鲁氏菌病一直是一种新发疾病。尽管许多国家已从牛群中根除了牛种布鲁氏菌,但在一些地区,羊种布鲁氏菌和猪种布鲁氏菌已成为牛感染的病因,导致人类感染。目前,羊种布鲁氏菌仍是包括印度在内的全球人类布鲁氏菌病的主要病因。