The nature of human brucellosis in kuwait: Study of 379 cases

Reviews of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 211-217

  Mousa, Abdul Rahman M ^a,b   Elhag, Kamal M ^a   Khogali, Mustafa ^a   Marafie, Amin A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b NONE   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; KUWAIT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SEASONS;

EID: 0023716934     PISSN: 01620886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/10.1.211     Document Type: Article

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