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.
At the end of July 2002, the Direction Départementale des Affaires Sanitaires et Sociales (DDASS) was informed of several dozen patients who had consulted their general practitioners (GPs) in Chamonix with fever, myalgia, and severe headaches. Most of the patients had serum transaminases 2-3 times above normal level. Most patients recovered spontaneously after 5-10 days. Several patients were hospitalised.
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