Non-imported brucellosis outbreak from unpasteurized raw milk in Moroccan immigrants in Spain.

Nine cases of brucellosis were identified in the city of Elche (Comunidad Valenciana, Spain) in two families of Moroccan immigrants. All of the patients had drunk unpasteurized raw milk from goats. Brucella melitensis biovar 3 was identified in clinical specimens.

[Descriptive epidemiology of ambulatory neurological care in the Vega Baja (Alicante) area].

Aims: The aim of our work is to analyse ambulatory neurological care in the area of Vega Baja, which is located in the province of Alicante (Spain), in order to find out: a) the demographic characteristics of the population that visits the neurologist; b) the motives that led to the visit; c) the diagnoses carried out.

Patients And Methods: A prospective two year study of patients over the age of 14 sent to the Neurology department. The reasons for the visit were classified into 15 categories and the diagnoses were given a code according to the criteria set out in the International Classification of Diseases 9th edition.