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A man’s habit of hunting feral pigs exposed him to a rare brain infection, doctors in Florida say. In a recent case report, they detail how the man developed a serious kind of infection that’s mostly disappeared in the U.S., caused by Brucella bacteria.© Photo: Carlos Giusti (AP)A feral Vietnamese pot-bellied pig spotted in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Brucella infection, orbrucellosis,was once a lot more common. Many animals in the wild can carry these bacteria, as can livestock. In some countries, a common name for the disease was “goat fever”—highlighting a very common symptom and animal source. Other common signs of infection include sweating, fatigue, and weight loss…