Re-emergence of brucellosis in cattle in France and risk for human health

A Mailles; S Rautureau; J M Le Horgne; B Poignet-Leroux; C d’Arnoux; G Dennetière; M Faure; J P Lavigne; J P Bru; B Garin-Bastuji

doi:10.2807/ese.17.30.20227-en

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Re-emergence of brucellosis in cattle in France and risk for human health
A Mailles¹ , S Rautureau² , J M Le Horgne³ , B Poignet-Leroux² , C d’Arnoux⁴ , G Dennetière⁵ , M Faure⁶ , J P Lavigne⁷ , J P Bru⁸ , B Garin-Bastuji⁹
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Affiliations: ¹ French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Institut de Veille Sanitaire; InVS), Saint Maurice, France ² French Ministry of Agriculture, Agro-food Industry and Forest, General Directorate for Food, Paris, France ³ District veterinary services of Haute Savoie, Annecy, France ⁴ Health regional Agency (Agences Régionales de Santé; ARS) Rhône Alpes, Lyon, France ⁵ Regional office of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, Lyon, France ⁶ French Ministry of Health, General directorate for health, Paris, France ⁷ Associate national reference laboratory, Microbiology department, University hospital Caremeau, Nimes, France ⁸ Infectious diseases department, General hospital, Annecy, France ⁹ French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l'Alimentation; Anses), National Reference Laboratory for Human and Animal Brucellosis, Maisons-Alfort, France

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Citation style for this article: Mailles A, Rautureau S, Le Horgne J M, Poignet-Leroux B, d’Arnoux C, Dennetière G, Faure M, Lavigne J P, Bru J P, Garin-Bastuji B. Re-emergence of brucellosis in cattle in France and risk for human health. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(30):pii=20227. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.17.30.20227-en Received: 13 Jul 2012

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Abstract

A case of human brucellosis was diagnosed in France in January 2012. The investigation demonstrated that the case had been contaminated by raw milk cheese from a neighbouring dairy farm. As France has been officially free of bovine brucellosis since 2005, veterinary investigations are being conducted to determine the origin of the infection and avoid its spread among other herds. Hypotheses about the source of this infection are discussed.