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BRUCELLOSIS

ABSTRACT

On January 10th, 2001, the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture [Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento] launched the National Program for Control and Eradication of Brucellosis and Tuberculosis [Programa Nacional de Controle e Erradicação da Brucelose e Tuberculose (PNCEBT)]. This program is to be implemented in all Brazilian states according to the specificities of each of them. This article was written in order to collaborate with this process. It is a review on brucellosis and involves the following aspects: definition, socio-economic importance, etiology, pathogeny, mechanisms of transmission, immunology, strain B19 vaccine, diagnosis (with an emphasis in serodiagnosis) and control of the disease.

KEY WORDS:
Brucellosis; abortion; serodiagnosis; epidemiology.

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