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Edward J. Young, MD
Veterans Affairs Medical Center Houston, Tex

JAMA. 1991;265(16):2066.

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To the Editor.—

In reviewing health problems along the US-Mexican border, Dr David C. Warner¹ neglected to include brucellosis. Caprine brucellosis is enzootic in northern Mexico, and 67% of human brucellosis cases reported in Texas between 1982 and 1986 were linked to the ingestion of unpasteurized goat's milk cheese.² Outbreaks of human brucellosis related to Mexican goat cheese have occurred in Texas in El Paso,³ Laredo,⁴ and Houston,⁵ as well as in Denver, Colo.⁶ Although brucellosis was once a disease principally affecting men, in occupations such as ranching, veterinary medicine, and abattoir work, the epidemiology of brucellosis along the US-Mexican border has changed and is now predominantly a disease of Hispanics, of both sexes, that is unrelated to direct animal contact and involves the consumption of unpasteurized dairy products. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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