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It is also known as undulant fever, Malta fever, and Mediterranean fever. [6] The bacteria causing this disease, Brucella, are small, Gram-negative, nonmotile, nonspore-forming, rod-shaped (coccobacilli) bacteria. They function as facultative intracellular parasites, causing chronic disease, which usually persists for life.
She proved that Bacillus abortus (called Brucella abortus) caused the disease brucellosis (undulant fever or Malta fever) in both cattle and humans, which led to the pasteurization of milk in the US in 1930. Evans was the first woman president elected by the Society of American Bacteriologists.
1.2 1901 to 1950. 1.3 1951 to 2000. 1.4 From 2001. 2 See also. 3 Notes. 4 External links. Toggle the table of contents. Milroy Lectures. ... Undulant fever, a ...
Brucellosis can affect any organ or organ system, and 90% of patients have a cyclical (undulant) fever. Though variable, symptoms can also include these clinical signs: headache, weakness, arthralgia, depression, weight loss, fatigue, and liver dysfunction. Foul-smelling perspiration is considered a classical sign.
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Bruce's assistant, Surgeon Captain Matthew Louis Hughes named the disease "undulant fever" and the bacterium, Micrococcus melitensis. The source of the infection was not clear, Hughes believing it to come from the soil and the bacterium inhaled from the air. [13] Bruce reported the discovery in The Practitioner in 1887 with the conclusion:
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