Low prevalence of antibodies against the zoonotic agents brucella abortus, leptospira spp., streptococcus suis serotype ii, hantavirus, and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus among veterinarians and pig farmers in the southern part of the netherlands

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 50-53

  Elbers, A R W ^a   Tielen, M J M ^a,f   Vecht, U ^b   Wisselink, H J ^b   Osterhaus, A D M E ^c   Groen, J ^c   Diepersloot, R J A ^d,e  

^a Animal Health Service Boxtel   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brucella abortus; Hantavirus; Leptospira spp; Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus; Pig farmers; Streptococcus suis serotype II; Veterinarians

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 0033111132     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.1999.9694991     Document Type: Article

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