Undulant fever

Mittel-meer, n. Mediterranean Sea. -meer-fieber, n. Mediterranean fever (undulant fever). 

Brucella abortus is a cause of spontaneous abortion in cattle. In humans it causes undulant fever, i.e. a fever in which temperature undulates with time. Brucella melitensis infects goats it causes an undulant fever called Malta fever, which is common in people living in Mediterranean countries where large flocks of goats are kept. 

Brucella suis is found in pigs it too manifests itself in humans as undulant fever and occurs frequently in North America. 

Like cutaneous leishmaniasis, visceral leishmaniasis begins with a nodule at the site of inoculation but this lesion rarely ulcerates and usually disappears in a few weeks. However, symptoms and signs of systemic disease such as undulating fever, malaise,... 

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Dalrymple-Champneys, S.W. Brucella infection and undulant fever in man. London Oxford University Press 1960. 

Brucellosis Otherwise known as Undulant Fever, by the end of the war, Brucellosis had been in advanced stages of development. Since it was rarely fatal, it was now considered as a possible humane biological weapon. Originally coded US ,... 

By 1954, the Pine Bluff laboratory produced Brucella suis (the causative agent of brucellosis, also called undulant fever) and Francisella tularensis (tularemia, or rabbit fever). Hardware for antipersonnel biological cluster bombs was delivered to Pine Bluff for filling with Brucella suis to support air force requirements. By 1955, the accelerated program was producing stocks of B suis and F tularensis as bio-... 

Hughes ML. Mediterranean, Malta or Undulant Fever. London, England Macmillan and Co 1897. Cited in Evans AC. Comments on the early history of human brucellosis. In Larson CH, Soule MH, eds. Brucellosis. Baltimore, Md Waverly Press 1950 1-8. 

Also known as undulant fever and malta fever. 

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Some natural food advocates use raw milk, despite the hazard of brucellosis (undulant fever) and tuberculosis—disease-producing organisms that are destroyed by pasteurization. Others consider fish, chicken, and animal flesh as natural foods so long as the animals are grown without the use of commercial feeds, hormones, and antibiotics. Still, others imagine that natural vitamins are superior to synthetic vitamins despite the fact that a vitamin is a vitamin whatever its source, and that a vitamin has a chemical formula and functions in a certain manner in the body whether it is natural or synthetic. 

Brucellosis A zoonosis highly infection for humans, caused by any of several species of Brucella. Also known as Undulant Fever and Malta Fever. 

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