Brucellosis in Saudi Arabia

Frank W. Kiel and M. Yousuf Khan

Social Science & Medicine, 1989, vol. 29, issue 8, 999-1001

Abstract: This paper describes the history of brucellosis and the current public health picture in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Health protection is made more difficult by several factors: (a) the local custom of drinking raw and warm milk of sheep, goats, and camels, (b) the animal reservior of infection in the country complicated by importation of live animals both for sacrifice during Haj periods and to increase commercial flocks, and (c) by uncontrolled movements of humans and stock across political borders.

Keywords: Saudi; Arabia; brucellosis; animal; reservoir (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989
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