• A gram negative bacterial infection caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella. Humans are infected by ingesting unpasteurized milk or meat from infected animals. Signs and symptoms include fevers, sweating, weakness, headache, muscle pain, arthritis and anemia.
  NCI Thesaurus
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• An infection that is caused by Brucella species, which is acquired from contact with infected animals, their carcasses, or their milk; it is characterized by fever, sweating, migrating arthralgia, and myalgia.
  NICHD Pediatric Terminology
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• Infection caused by bacteria of the genus BRUCELLA mainly involving the MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE SYSTEM. This condition is characterized by fever, weakness, malaise, and weight loss.
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
• Brucellosis is caused by Brucella species, which are gram-negative bacteria. Symptoms begin as an acute febrile illness with few or no localized signs and may progress to a chronic stage with relapses of fever, weakness, sweats, and vague aches and pains. Diagnosis is by culture, usually from the blood. Optimal treatment usually requires...
  Merck Manuals
  Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
• Brucellosis is a zoonotic infection caused by the bacterial genus Brucella. The bacteria are transmitted from animals to humans by ingestion through infected food products, direct contact with an infected animal, or inhalation of aerosols.
  Medscape
  WebMD, 2019
• Brucellosis is a bacterial infection that spreads from animals to people. Most commonly, people are infected by eating raw or unpasteurized dairy products. Sometimes, the bacteria that cause brucellosis can spread through the air or through direct contact with infected animals.
  Mayo Clinic
  Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
• Brucellosis is a bacterial infection that spreads from animals to people via unpasteurized dairy products or by exposure to contaminated animal products or infected animals. Animals that are most commonly infected include sheep, cattle, goats, pigs, and dogs. Brucellosis can cause of range of signs and symptoms, some of which may persist...
  NIH Genetic and Rare Diseases
  National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
• A zoonotic disease that can affect various organs, tissues, and systems. In humans it is caused by Brucella species including B melitensis , B abortus , B suis , and B canis (and more rarely by B pinnipediae , B cetaceae , and B inopinata BO1 ), which are pleomorphic gram-negative bacteria transmitted to humans from animal reservoirs....
  Epocrates
  Athenahealth, Inc., 2019
• Brucellosis, infectious disease of humans and domestic animals characterized by an insidious onset of fever, chills, sweats, weakness, pains, and aches, all of which resolve within three to six months. The disease is named after the British army physician David Bruce, who in 1887 first isolated and...
  Encyclopedia Britannica
  Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020