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BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE, HUMAN - GEORGIA (02): BACKGROUND
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Date: Thu 20 Sep 2007
Source: GIDEON (Global Infectious Disease & Epidemiology Network) [edited]
The recent outbreak in Lagodechi belies the fact that reported rates
for [human] brucellosis in Georgia are relatively low in comparison
to neighboring countries. See graph
<http://exhibit.gideononline.com/Brucella-Georgia.jpg>
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Communicated by:
Dr. Steve Berger
Tel Aviv Medical Center, Israel
<mberger@post.tau.ac.il>
[This moderator apologizes for the delay in posting of this
information. ProMED-mail, once again, thanks Dr. Berger for his
continuing contributions.
If the reader cannot access the graph, the following is approximated from it:
Rates (Rate is cases of brucellosis per 100 000 population)
Year/ Georgia / Turkey / Armenia / Azerbaijan
1986 / 4.0 / 3.0 / NA / 2.0
1988 / 4.0 / 4.2 / NA / 2.0
1990 / 3.0 / 9.0 / NA / 4.0
1992 / 3.0 / 10.5 / NA / 7.0
1994 / 2.5 / 14.0 / 10.0 / 15.0
1996 / 2.0 / 10.0 / 7.0 / 15.0
1998 / 1.5 / 19.0 / 3.0 / 7.0
2000 / 1.5 / 16.5 / 3.5 / 8.0
2002 / 3.0 / 26.5 / 3.0 / 7.0
2004 / 3.0 / 27.0 / NA / 6.5
2006 / NA / 15.5 / NA / 5.5
- Mod.LL]
[see also:
Brucellosis, bovine, human - Georgia (Lagodechi) 20070920.3121
Brucellosis, human, animals - Bulgaria (Haskovo) (03) 20070916.3075
Brucellosis, human, animals - Bulgaria (Haskovo) 20070821.2736
2005
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Brucellosis, human - Bulgaria ex Greece 20050328.0896]
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