ABSTRACT
Brucellosis remains the world’s most common bacterial zoonosis, with over half a million new cases annually and prevalence rates in some countries exceeding ten cases per 100,000 (Pappas et al. 2006). Human brucellosis is known to be highly endemic in the Mediterranean basin, Middle East, Western Asia, Africa, and South America. Although animal brucellosis has been brought under control in several industrialized countries, human brucellosis occurs sporadically in individuals who acquire the infection abroad or from ingestion of illegally imported unsafe animal products and in occupationally exposed groups (Al Dahouk et al. 2005, Al Dahouk et al. 2007).
