Urban outbreak of a Brucella melitensis infection in an Argentine family: Clinical and diagnostic aspects

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 49-56

  Wallach, Jorge C ^a   Miguel, Silvia E ^a   Baldi, Pablo C ^a   Guarnera, Eduardo ^b   Goldbaum, Fernando A ^a   Fossati, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Instituto Nacional de Microbiologia Dr Carlos GMalbran   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anti LPS antibody; Anti protein antibody; Brucella melitensis; Brucellosis outbreak

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARGENTINA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHEESE; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GOATS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INCIDENCE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; URBAN POPULATION; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0028158269     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.1994.tb00424.x     Document Type: Article

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