HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND CURRENT EVENTS ON BRUCELOSIS BRUCELOSIS

Brucellosis is one of the most important zoonoses highly prevalent in Latin America. Public and veterinary health is a worldwide concern. Prevention in the transmission of pathogens through animals is essential since zoonotic diseases represent a great risk for human health due to the close contact they have either as pets or through the consumption of animal products. For this reason the present work is elaborated with the objective of knowing and discussing the historical background and actualities about brucellosis which is an important zoonosis due to its impact on human public health and animal health besides generating significant economic losses in livestock farming affecting the livelihood of producers especially in developing countries. The disease caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella can cause serious complications in humans and requires a prevention and control approach including biosecurity measures pasteurization of dairy products and permanent surveillance.