Brucellosis can be transmitted by all of the following modes, except:
Ans. is 'c' i.e., Person to person transmission(Ref: Harrison, 19th/e, p. 1066 and Ananthanarayan, 9th/e, p. 339)Transmission - Contact with infected animals (Camel, sheep, goat, pigs) - Placenta, urine, milk and other discharges. Inhalation of infected dust or aerosols. Contaminated food products and ingestion of raw vegetables form infected farms.People at risk - Farmers, shepherds, goatherd, butters and abattoir workers. Man to man transmission does not occur.
Contact with infected placenta
Ingestion of raw vegetables from infected farms
Person to person transmission
Inhalation of infected dust or aerosol
Bacteria