Key Points

• Between January 1 and December 31, 2022, 40 new cases of brucellosis were reported in 12 French regions, including 10 (25%) in Île-de-France and 8 (20%) in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

• Thirty-four strains belonged to the species Brucella melitensis, one to the species B. abortus, and one had not been characterized. Thirty-eight (95%) of the 40 cases were linked to “imported” infections: travel to Algeria (n=24), Turkey (n=4), Tunisia and Djibouti (n=2 each), and Armenia, China, and Lebanon (n=1 each).

• In 2022, the third year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of brucellosis cases returned to the 2019 level (n=42), in line with the resumption of travel to countries considered endemic.