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==Symptoms==
==Symptoms==
Acute brucellosis may begin with mild [[flu]]-like symptoms, or symptoms such as:
Acute brucellosis may begin with mild [[flu]]-like symptoms, or symptoms such as:
* Undulant [[fever]]
**High fever spikes usually occur every afternoon
* Excessive [[sweating]]
**Often with characteristic smell, likened to wet hay
* [[Abdominal pain]]
* [[Abdominal pain]]
* [[Back pain]]
* [[Back pain]]
* [[Chills]]
* [[Chills]]
* Excessive [[sweating]]
* [[Fatigue]]
* [[Fatigue]]
* [[Fever]]
* [[Headache]]
* [[Headache]]
* [[Joint pain]]
* [[Joint pain]]
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* [[Clinical depression|Depression]]
* [[Clinical depression|Depression]]


High fever spikes usually occur every afternoon. The name "undulant" fever is because the fever rises and falls in waves.
Other symptoms that may occur with this disease:
* [[Muscle pain]]
* Swollen glands
The illness may be chronic and last for years.


==References==
==References==
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Symptoms

Acute brucellosis may begin with mild flu-like symptoms, or symptoms such as:


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