[Study of a brucellosis epidemic in a horticultural school]

An epidemiological survey was conducted after the observation of 4 cases of acute brucellosis in an horticultural school. Of a total number of 215 attendants, eventually exposed to a single contamination, 65 cases of brucellosis were thus identified. The source of contamination was probably a practical lesson where the pupils studied a bovine gravid uterus. More stringent regulations are needed in order to avoid further similar epidemics.