Increasing Incidence of Human Brucellosis in Southern Israel after the Cessation of a Veterinarian Control Campaign

Research Article

Ari A Shemesh and Pablo Yagups

Abstract

The southern region of Israel is populated by a mostly urban Jewish majority (population: 385,200 inhabitants) and a large seminomadic Bedouin minority (population: 188,900) who maintains herds of sheep and goats. A retrospective study was conducted to assess the impact of the 1997 decision to discontinue a veterinarian control campaign on the epidemiology of human brucellosis in the region.

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