Brucellosis

Disease class: Bacterial infection

This is a notifiable disease. This means that all diagnosed cases must be reported to the national Public Health services.

 

Also known as

• Undulant fever
• Undulating fever

 

Pathogen:

Brucella species

• Brucella abortus
• Brucella melitensis
• Brucella suis

 

Microbiology:

• Aerobic
• Gram-negative
• Coccobacilli
• Intracellular