Brucellosis and its particularities in children travelers
Journal
Recent patents on anti-infective drug discovery
Date Issued
2014
Author(s)
Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J
DOI
10.2174/1574891x10666150408162624
Abstract
Brucellosis is still endemic in many countries in the world, however, having a significantly higher incidence in developing countries. As consequence of travel, risk for children from non-endemic areas would be considerable when visiting developing countries. Then, the purpose of this review is to provide, after a bibliographical search, an update on the main aspects of this disease in the traveler children. For the general practitioner, but particularly for travel medicine practitioner and pediatricians, these clinicoepidemiological considerations should be taken in mind in the differential diagnosis when assessing children returning from travel to brucellosis endemic areas.