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Brucellosis Outbreak Traced to Commercially Sold Camel Milk Through Whole-Genome Sequencing, Israel

Overview
Journal Emerg Infect Dis
Specialty Infectious Diseases
Date 2021 May 20
PMID 34013863
Citations 12
Authors
Svetlana Bardenstein
Rachel E Gibbs
Yael Yagel
Yair Motro
Jacob Moran-Gilad
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Abstract

Brucellosis, a neglected zoonotic disease acquired from contaminated food products, remains a public health concern worldwide. We describe an outbreak in which commercially sold camel milk containing Brucella melitensis was distributed across Israel. Whole-genome sequencing linked patients infected with B. melitensis to wholesale camel milk and unregulated livestock trade.

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