Brucellosis is a bacterial disease that is generalized, begins either acutely or insidiously and is characterized by continuous or inconstant fever of variable duration, headaches, weakness, abundant sweating, shivers, pain in the joints, etc. It frequently causes complications in the bones and joints. Recovery from brucellosis is the norm, but it may cause serious disability.
This disease is characterized in humans by the appearance of cysts that are really the larval stage of the Echinococcus tapeworm, found in the adult stage in dogs and other carnivores.
Leishmaniasis is the name given to different forms of a certain disease that differ greatly in their seriousness and health effects. The disease is caused by protozoan parasites.
Toxoplasmosis is caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. The easiest way to become infected by this parasite is by contact with cat faeces or by eating raw or lightly cooked meat that has been contaminated with it.
Trichinosis is a parasitic disease that afflicts domestic and wild mammals. Humans acquire it by accident when they eat raw or insufficiently cooked meat and meat products from infected animals.
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