PRO/AH/EDR> Brucellosis – Israel: camel milk, unpasteurized, melitensis, human, update

Brucellosis — Israel
[The following data have been derived from the PowerPoint presentation]
The information presented is based upon the results of tests carried out by the brucellosis laboratory, Kimron Veterinary Institute (KVI), Beit Dagan.
Number of _Brucella melitensis_ isolates from samples obtained from human patients throughout the country:
2012 – 138;
2013 – 132;
2014 – 231;
2015 – 176;
2016 – 258.
The 2016 figures include 22 human patients reportedly infected by the consumption of