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ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2025

The history of brucellosis in the Middle East: insights for contemporary health challenges.

Maryam Dadar, Robin Bendrey, G Michael Taylor, Youcef Shahali

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Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Maryam DadarDepartment of Brucellosis, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute (RVSRI), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran.
Robin BendreySchool of History, Classics and Archeology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
G Michael TaylorSchool of Biosciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom.
Youcef ShahaliCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon, Besançon, France.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brucellosis, a significant zoonotic disease in the Middle East, presents substantial economic and public health consequences. Despite concerted efforts toward its control and eradication, managing the disease faces various challenges. While One Health approaches prioritize interdisciplinary actions to enhance disease understanding, communication, and policy, they often overlook historical perspectives. These regions experience significant brucellosis loads attributed to livestock density, pastoralism, and transboundary animal migration. Historical documentation, encompassing old medical manuscripts, indicates potential early hints of brucellosis-like diseases. The primary

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PMID40520370
PMCPMC12162593

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