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During July 2015 a brucellosis outbreak was detected in Kyustendil district, west Bulgaria. As of 15 August, 31 patients have been diagnosed all with an epidemiological connection to Rila town. Patients have not travelled/worked abroad. Breeding family-owned goats and/or improper use of their milk appear to be the main risk factors for transmission of the infection. This second autochthonous brucellosis outbreak in Bulgaria since 2006, affects the western part of the country.

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A new outbreak of brucellosis in Bulgaria detected in July 2015 – preliminary report
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Rumiana+Nenova&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Nenova Rumiana</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Iskra+Tomova&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Tomova Iskra</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Raina+Saparevska&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Saparevska Raina</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Todor+Kantardjiev&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Kantardjiev Todor</a></span>. A new outbreak of brucellosis in Bulgaria detected in July 2015 – preliminary report. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2015;20(39):pii=30031. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2015.20.39.30031" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2015.20.39.30031</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 11 Sept 2015;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 01 Oct 2015 </span> </p>
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