Title:Brucellosis and its Particularities in Children Travelers
VOLUME: 9 ISSUE: 3
Author(s):Mile Bosilkovski and Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales
Affiliation:Working Group on Zoonoses, International Society for Chemotherapy, Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
Keywords:Brucellosis, children, epidemiology, travel, travel medicine.
Abstract:Brucellosis is still endemic in many countries in the world, however, having a significantly higher
incidence in developing countries. As consequence of travel, risk for children from non-endemic areas would
be considerable when visiting developing countries. Then, the purpose of this review is to provide, after a bibliographical
search, an update on the main aspects of this disease in the traveler children. For the general practitioner,
but particularly for travel medicine practitioner and pediatricians, these clinicoepidemiological considerations
should be taken in mind in the differential diagnosis when assessing children returning from travel
to brucellosis endemic areas.
