A study of 235 cases of human brucellosis in Sana'a, Republic of Yemen

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 238-246

  Al'Shamahy, H A ^a,b   Wright, S G ^b,c  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SPLENOMEGALY; STATISTICS; YEMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPLENOMEGALY; URBAN HEALTH; YEMEN;

EID: 0035241537     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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