1. Boar hunting and brucellosis caused by Brucella suis
- Author
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Stephen Stocking, Peter Taylor, Daniel B Chastain, Carlos Franco-Paredes, and Brenda Sellers
- Subjects
0301 basic medicine ,Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Veterinary medicine ,Abdominal Abscess ,BOAR ,Brucella suis ,Swine ,animal diseases ,030106 microbiology ,Animals, Wild ,Biology ,Brucellosis ,03 medical and health sciences ,Wild boar ,biology.animal ,Zoonoses ,medicine ,Travel medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Splenic Diseases ,Transmission (medicine) ,Swine brucellosis ,Public health ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Hand Injuries ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Infectious Diseases ,Recreation - Abstract
Brucellosis remains as a significant public health concern in many areas where the infection persists in domestic hosts (i.e. goats, cattle, and domestic swine) with subsequent risk of transmission to human populations. Brucellosis caused by B. suis remains an important threat to human populations in many countries exposed to domestic and feral swine. In the U.S., swine brucellosis has been under control for many years. Meanwhile, it is a widespread infection among feral swine, particularly in the Southeastern United States; and exposure to infected animals pose a growing threat to humans. We present the case of a 31-year male hunter who six weeks after a knife injury to his hand while field dressing a wild boar, developed a febrile illness associated with hematologic abnormalities and splenic abscesses caused by Brucella suis infection.
- Published
- 2016