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Brucellosis remains unseen in Taiwan for 33 years; Taiwan CDC confirms two imported cases of brucellosis within two weeks
Source: 第一組 First Division
Date: 2011/6/2
Over the last 33 years, brucellosis, a zoonosis, was unseen in Taiwan. During the past two weeks, two imported cases of brucellosis were confirmed. After the first case of brucellosis confirmed in a citizen returning from North Africa by the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan CDC) on May 17, 2011, the second case of brucellosis was confirmed on May 24, 2011.
According to Taiwan CDC, the second case is a 72-year-old female Malaysian Chinese...
Upon receiving the report of the suspected brucellosis case, Taiwan CDC immediately conducted an epidemiological investigation and discovered some dairy goats at a farm in Penang, Malaysia were infected with brucellosis and some local people became infected with brucellosis after consuming unpasteurized goat?s milk produced by the same farm. Therefore, it is highly suspected the case is linked to the incident...
As the incubation period of brucellosis can be as long as a few months...
Brucellosis is a zoonosis; the pathogen exists in the tissues, blood, and milk of infected animals. Humans can become infected by coming in contact with contaminated animal tissues, consuming dairy products or exposing to the bacteria in laboratories. Human to human transmission is uncommon...
http://www.cdc.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=34233&ctNode=960&mp=5
Source: 第一組 First Division
Date: 2011/6/2
Over the last 33 years, brucellosis, a zoonosis, was unseen in Taiwan. During the past two weeks, two imported cases of brucellosis were confirmed. After the first case of brucellosis confirmed in a citizen returning from North Africa by the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan CDC) on May 17, 2011, the second case of brucellosis was confirmed on May 24, 2011.
According to Taiwan CDC, the second case is a 72-year-old female Malaysian Chinese...
Upon receiving the report of the suspected brucellosis case, Taiwan CDC immediately conducted an epidemiological investigation and discovered some dairy goats at a farm in Penang, Malaysia were infected with brucellosis and some local people became infected with brucellosis after consuming unpasteurized goat?s milk produced by the same farm. Therefore, it is highly suspected the case is linked to the incident...
As the incubation period of brucellosis can be as long as a few months...
Brucellosis is a zoonosis; the pathogen exists in the tissues, blood, and milk of infected animals. Humans can become infected by coming in contact with contaminated animal tissues, consuming dairy products or exposing to the bacteria in laboratories. Human to human transmission is uncommon...
http://www.cdc.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=34233&ctNode=960&mp=5
