Occupational brucellosis in slaughtering of sheep and goats: Study of five cases from a municipal abattoir in south-eastern Sicily;Brucellosi professionale nella macellazione degli ovi-caprini: Studio di 5 casi di un mattatoio comunale della Sicilia orientale

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 134-141

  Rapisarda, V ^a   Valentino, M ^b   Ravalli, P ^d   Fenga, C ^a   Duscio, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d AUSL 7 Ragusa   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal handlers; Human brucellosis; Meat industry; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; BRUCELLOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; GOAT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; MAMMARY GLAND; MEAT INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SHEEP; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STRANGULATION; ZOONOSIS; ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GOAT DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SHEEP DISEASE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ABATTOIRS; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SICILY; VETERINARIANS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 24944461236     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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