Criteria for better detection of brucellosis in the Narok district of Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 317-320

  Muriuki, S M K ^a   McDermott, J J ^b   Arimi, S M ^c   Mugambi, J T M ^d   Wamola, I A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d Veterinary Research Laboratory Kabete   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROSE BENGAL; RURAL HEALTH;

EMESIS;

EID: 0031439940     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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