Status and Perspective of Basic Research of Prevention and Control of Brucellosis

Abstract

Brucellosis is a kind of zoonotic infection caused by bacteria of Brucella. Epidemic of brucellosis rebounded worldwide especially in China in recent years. Since the beginning of the 21 st century, human brucellosis has become one of the infectious diseases with the largest number of reported new cases, which puts great stress on the prevention and control of brucellosis in China. To make clear the status quo and requirement, the latest research development, and the potential challenges and opportunities of the prevention and control of brucellosis in China, the seminar about the development strategies of the basic research related to the prevention and control of brucellosis was held to thoroughly discuss the major scientific and critical technical issues, and to put forward the basic scientific issues that need urgent attention in the following practice of the prevention and control of brucellosis in China. This seminar was sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China, organized by Center for Endemic Disease Control, China CDC, and co-organized by Harbin Medical University, Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, and Center for Endemic Disease Control and Prevention of Inner Mongolia. This seminar was held in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the most affected province of brucellosis in China, on June 21 st, 2013. More than 40 experts in the field of brucellosis basic research, prevention and control participated in the seminar, who were from 19 institutes of scientific research, colleges and universities, such as Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention of China CDC, Institute of Disease Control and Prevention of Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Shihezi University, and China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control. On the basis of the literature and the contents of this seminar, this review summarizes the epidemic status and research development of brucellosis, and puts forward the issues and advices that need to be resolved urgently in the prevention and control of brucellosis.