Publications

effect of age and duration of disease on the clinical manifestations of brucellosis. a study of 73 consecutive patients in israel.	we describe our experience with 73 patients diagnosed with brucellosis during the years 1979-91 at two jerusalem hospitals: hadassah mount scopus (37 patients from 1979-1984) and shaare zedek (36 patients from 1979-1991). the patients included 32 children less than 14 years old and 41 adults; 70 of the patients were non-jews. in all cases the pathogen was brucella melitensis. the high proportion of children and the equal sex distribution was quite different from the age and sex distribution of b ...	1993	8454438
brucellosis outbreak in children and adults in two areas in israel.	two parallel outbreaks of brucella melitensis infection occurred in 2014 in two geographical areas in israel. in two medical centers in northern israel and one medical center in jerusalem, 102 patients (58 children, 47 adults) were diagnosed with brucellosis. most patients (n = 76, 72%) were muslim arabs, 28 (27%) were druze, and one was jewish. the source of infection was often traced to cheese from the palestinian authority. biovar-1 was evident in 98% in northern israel but only in 42% in jer ...	2016	27114301