PPT-BRUCELLOSIS Dr. Reshma Reghu

Assistant Professor Dept of Community medicine INTRODUCTION Occasionally transmitted to man by direct or indirect contact with infected animals Caused by different species of the brucella. MBBS., MRCP. ASST.PROFESSOR. Internal Medicine. DEFINITION. . Brucellosis is a zoonosis, i.e., a disease which spreads from animals to humans.. It is a major public health problem in many countries, specially KSA. . Brucellosis is:. An infectious disease that occurs from contact with other animals carrying the . Brucella. . bacteria. Can spread to humans.. Bacteria is spread by eating/drinking unpasteurized milk or cheese. People that come in contact with animals or meat are most at risk such as slaughterhouse workers, vets, and farmers.. 1Facts A1What is brucellosisItisacontagiouscostlydiseaseofruminantEg cattle bison and cervidsanimalsthat also affects humansAlthoughbrucellosis can attack other animalsits mainthreatistocattlebisoncer zoonotic. . bacterial disease of animals caused by . Brucella. sp. and characterized by abortion in late gestation and formation of . granulomatous. lesions in genital organs, joints and fetal liver.. zoonotic. infection caused by the bacterial genus . Brucella. ..  The bacteria are transmitted from animals to humans by ingestion through infected food products, direct contact with an infected animal, or inhalation of aerosols. The disease is an old one that has been known by various names, including Mediterranean fever, Malta fever, gastric remittent fever, and undulant fever. Humans are accidental hosts, but brucellosis continues to be a major public health concern worldwide and is the most common . Assistant Professor. Department of Veterinary Medicine. Bihar Veterinary College, Patna. (Bihar Animal Sciences University, Patna. ). Brucellosis . (Contagious abortion, Bang disease). . The genus . Assistant Professor. Dept. of Community medicine. INTRODUCTION. Plague is primarily and basically a . zoonoses. , caused . by . Yersinia . pestis. . . It . exists in natural . foci, and . is transmitted by infected flea bites to humans . Assistant Professor. AIDS. , the . a. cquired . i. mmuno. -. d. eficiency . s. yndrome (sometimes . called "slim disease") . It is . a fatal illness caused by . a retrovirus . known as the . h. uman . DEPT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE. HOST OF INFECTION. AGENT FACTORS. Echinococcus. species are small tapeworms, rarely . more than . 7 mm in length. The . scolex. bears four suckers, . and there . are two rows of hooks, one small and one large on . that. Blood . pressure should be recorded in the sitting position of the . patient.. Only . one arm (either right or left) to be used consistently. . The . reading at which ‘. Korotkoff. sound’ is first heard is considered as systolic pressure and at which the K-sound disappears, as diastolic pressure. . Assistant Professor. Dept. of Community medicine. MUMPS. An acute infectious disease caused by an RNA . virus classified . as genus . Rubulavirus. . of the . family . paramyxoviridae. . which has a predilection for glandular . LIMU 2-5-2019 . Dr. Ahmed Elhaddad. Brucellosis . The genus Brucella causes the zoonotic infection named brucellosis (also known as undulant fever, Malta fever, Gibraltar fever, and Mediterranean fever) .. Assistant Professor. Dept. of Community medicine. Introduction. Rubella or . german. measles . It is . an acute childhood . infection, usually . mild, of short duration (approximately 3 . days) and . Identify the brucellosis and the causative micro-organism. Clarify the routs of transmission and pathogenesis. Discuss the presentation of brucellosis and mention the differential diagnosis of this febrile illness. .