![]() Brucellosis has been recognized in animals and humans since the early 20th century. Symptoms include profuse sweating and joint and muscle pain. suis is of intermediate virulence and chiefly infects pigs. melitensis is the most virulent and invasive species it usually infects goats and occasionally sheep. melitensis and is primarily a disease of cattle. They function as facultative intracellular parasites, causing chronic disease, which usually persists for life. īrucella species are small, Gram-negative, nonmotile, nonspore-forming, rod-shaped ( coccobacilli) bacteria. It is also known as undulant fever, Malta fever, and Mediterranean fever. Undulant fever, undulating fever, Mediterranean fever, Malta fever, Cyprus fever, rock fever ( Micrococcus melitensis) īrucellosis is a highly contagious zoonosis caused by ingestion of unpasteurized milk or undercooked meat from infected animals, or close contact with their secretions. ![]()
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