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Seroepidemiological study of human brucellosis in the Northeast region of Meghalaya, India.
Shukla, Jayshree L, Husain, Aliabbas A, Lyngdoh, Samantha A et al.·Journal of family medicine and primary care·2022
This study looked at how many people in Northeast India have been exposed to brucellosis, a bacterial infection spread from animals to humans. Researchers tested 1,046 people with fever-like symptoms and found that 11% had antibodies showing past or current brucellosis infection. They noticed that women were more affected than men, and that eating meat was a risk factor. Importantly, three symptoms—fever of unknown cause, muscle pain, and chronic fatigue—were commonly seen in people with brucellosis.
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