brucellosis
Human and animal disease
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Summary
brucellosis is an infectious disease[1]. brucellosis draws 7,095 Wikipedia views per month (infectious disease category, ranking #56 of 279).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3]
- Subclass of: primary bacterial infectious disease[4], bacterial infectious disease[5], zoonosis[6], disease[7]
- Commons category: Brucellosis[8]
- ICPC 2 ID: A78[9]
- Symptoms and signs: undulant fever[10], continuous fever[11], fatigue[12], myalgia[13], anorexia[14], hepatomegaly[15], splenomegaly[16], arthritis[17], orchitis[18], lymphadenopathy[19], neuritis[20]
- Has cause: Brucella[21], Brucella melitensis[22], Brucella abortus[23], Brucella neotomae[24], Brucella suis[25], Brucella canis[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:Brucellosis[27]
- Medical examination: physical examination[28], medical history[29], microbiological culture[30], complement fixation test[31], passive hemagglutination test[32], ELISA[33], agglutination test[34], polymerase chain reaction[35]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[36], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[37]
- ICD-9-CM: 023[38], 023.9[39]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C84602[40]
- Health specialty: infectious diseases[41], veterinary medicine[42]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: streptomycin[43], doxycycline[44], minocycline[45], rifampicin[46]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_11077[47], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:11077[48], http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_1304[49]
- Maximal incubation period in humans: 5 month[50]
- Minimal incubation period in humans: 5 day[51]
Why It Matters
brucellosis has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] brucellosis is known by 103 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]