Ritual Slaughter as Overlooked Risk Factor for Brucellosis

Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Apr;22(4):746-8. doi: 10.3201/eid2204.151192.
No abstract available

Keywords: bacteria; brucellosis; respiratory infections; slaughter.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Arabs
  • Blood Culture
  • Brucella melitensis / genetics
  • Brucella melitensis / isolation & purification
  • Brucellosis / diagnosis*
  • Brucellosis / epidemiology*
  • Brucellosis / ethnology
  • Brucellosis / pathology
  • Ceremonial Behavior*
  • Delayed Diagnosis
  • Ethiopia / ethnology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Israel / epidemiology
  • Jews
  • Male
  • Meat / microbiology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Sheep / microbiology*
  • Sheep Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Sheep Diseases / microbiology
  • Sheep Diseases / pathology