Natural History of and Dynamic Changes in Clinical Manifestation, Serology, and Treatment of Brucellosis, China
Hongyu Wang
1, Hongyan Liu
1, Qiran Zhang
1, Xiaobo Lu
1, Dan Li
1, Haocheng Zhang
1, Yan A. Wang, Rongjiong Zheng, Yi Zhang, Zhangfan Fu, Ke Lin, Chao Qiu, Yan O. Wang, Ye Gu
, Jingwen Ai
, and Wenhong Zhang
Author affiliations: National Medical Center for Infectious Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Aging and Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Biosafety Emergency Response, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China (H. Wang, Q. Zhang, H. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Z. Fu, K. Lin, C. Qiu, J. Ai, W. Zhang); The Sixth People’s Hospital of Shenyang, Shenyang, China (H. Liu, D. Li, Y.A. Wang, Y.O. Wang, Y. Gu); Emergency Treatment and Innovation Center of Public Health Emergencies, Shenyang (H. Liu, D. Li, Y.A. Wang, Y.O. Wang, Y. Gu); Center for Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Wulumuqi, China (X. Lu, R. Zheng); Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/MOH), Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai (W. Zhang)
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Figure 2. Dynamic characteristics of serum agglutination test and treatment courses in case-patients with brucellosis, China, 2014–2020. A) Seroconversion after treatment initiation; B) serum agglutination test titer distribution at baseline and 180 days after treatment initiation; C) treatment length of case-patients without systemic involvement; D) possible reasons for lengthened treatment in brucellosis case-patients without systemic involvement.
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