Human brucellosis in South Africa : a review for medical practitioners

dc.contributor.authorGovindasamy, Krpasha
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-24T10:44:50Z
dc.date.available2021-03-24T10:44:50Z
dc.date.issued2020-07
dc.descriptionThe research for this study was done in partial fulfilment of the requirements for KG’s PhD degree at the University of Pretoria.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractBrucellosis is recognised as a neglected zoonotic tropical disease of global health and economic importance. Medical practitioner unawareness of the disease is reported to contribute to the overall neglect. In South Africa (SA), human brucellosis is a notifiable medical condition and bovine brucellosis is a controlled animal disease. The overall aim of this review article is to increase medical practitioner capacity to detect, diagnose and treat brucellosis in the SA context. A brief review of the literature on human brucellosis in SA is presented, together with a discussion of current issues related to medical detection, treatment and management of brucellosis, applicable to the SA context.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentVeterinary Tropical Diseasesen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2021en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.samj.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGovindasamy, K. 2020, 'Human brucellosis in South Africa : a review for medical practitioners', South African Medical Journal, vol. 110, no. 7, pp. 646-651.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0256-9574 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2078-5135 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i7.14538
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/79062
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherHealth and Medical Publishing Groupen_ZA
dc.rights© 2019, South African Medical Association. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial Works License (CC BY-NC 3.0).en_ZA
dc.subjectBrucellosisen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.subjectBovine brucellosisen_ZA
dc.subjectHuman brucellosisen_ZA
dc.titleHuman brucellosis in South Africa : a review for medical practitionersen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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