Prevalence of antibody to Brucella species in butchers, slaughterers and others

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 178-184

  Karimi, A ^a   Alborzi, A ^a   Rasooli, M ^a   Kadivar, M R ^a   Nateghian, A R ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; MERCAPTOETHANOL; ROSE BENGAL; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANOREXIA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HEADACHE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; NIGHT SWEAT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGED; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD CONTROL; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNOLOGY; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

ABATTOIRS; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MEAT; MERCAPTOETHANOL; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; ROSE BENGAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 16544395450     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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