ABSTRACT
VII.ProgramComponentsandTheirScientificBasis................................147
SincethepublishedinformationonepidemiologyandsurveillanceofBrucellaabortus isvoluminous,theauthorselectedtocitefourstandardreferences,toselectpertinentepidemiologicalfactorsforreview,andtosupplementpublishedinformationwiththemost recentdataavailable.Thestandardreferencesareasfollows:BovineBrucellosis-An InternationalSymposium,publishedin1977;1BrucellosisResearch:AnEvaluation,publishedin1977;2ReportoftheNationalBrucellosisTechnicalCommission,publishedin 1978;3andareviewarticle,"TheEpidemiologyofBovineBrucellosis",byNicolettiand publishedin1980.4Theepidemiologicalfactorsselectedweredemographics,reservoir, transmission,hostsusceptibility,surveillanceandcasefinding,andprogramcomponents andtheirscientificbasis.
