A canine disease that has rarely been reported in humans has been identified in two individuals in the U.K. Brucellosis caused by Brucella canis was previously only seen in dogs imported into the U.K.

Three Britons have contracted a rare disease usually confined to dogs. Brucella canis, a bacterial infection that causes pain, lameness and infertility in canines has spread to three people in the UK.

A disease that typically only affects dogs has been reported in two humans in the United Kingdom. Brucellosis, which is caused by Brucella canis, was usually only reported in dogs imported to the U.K.

Three individuals in the United Kingdom (UK) have been infected with a rare canine disease caused by the Brucella canis bacterium. While the rare Brucella canis bacterium typically requires lifelong ...