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PRO/AH/EDR> Brucellosis – Taiwan: suspected imported

Brucellosis -- ChinaTaiwan on Thursday, 27 Aug 2015, reported its 1st case of brucellosis since 2011, saying that the patient, a 35-year-old caregiver from Indonesia, is believed to have contracted the bacterial disease abroad.The woman was hospitalized on 3 Aug 2015 after she developed a fever and backache, and was diagnosed with brucellosis, a bacterial infection usually transmitted from animals to people, most often via unpasteurized dairy products, according to Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control Read more [...]