Is Brucellosis a Communicable Disease?

What is brucellosis? It is a contagious, costly disease of ruminant (E.g. cattle, bison and cervids) animals that also affects humans. Although brucellosis can attack other animals, its main threat is to cattle, bison, cervids (E.g. elk and deer), and swine.

Can brucellosis be transmitted from human to human?

Brucellosis normally doesn't spread from person to person, but in a few cases, women have passed the disease to their children during birth or through their breast milk. Rarely, brucellosis may spread through sexual activity or through contaminated blood or bone marrow transfusions.

Is Brucella a communicable disease?

Brucellosis is contagious as long as living bacteria are present in domestic and wild animals and/or their secretions, including milk products.