Brucellosis more common in Italy than neighbors

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Quoted in ProMED:

An ongoing epizootic in Campania highlights the fact that human brucellosis is more common in Italy than in any contiguous countries. I’ve compared regional disease rates on the graph.

Update: In an additional ProMED note, other countries were added to the comparison:

In comparing brucellosis rates in Italy to those of neighboring countries, the moderator suggested that data should also be expanded to include Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Cyprus.

Rates for the latter are contrasted on this graph.

Human brucellosis in Georgia

Monday, October 8th, 2007

As quoted in ProMED:

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:

Brucellosis in Georgia