Risk factors and diagnostic criteria of brucellosis in an endemic area in Egypt

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 295-299

  El Sherbini, Azza ^a   Kabbash, Ibrahim ^b   Bassili, Amal ^c   El Shennawy, Salama ^d   El Assal, Mohamed ^a   El Saied, Nasr ^e  

^a Tanta Fever Hospital   (Egypt)

^b TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Microbiology Department   (Egypt)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ROSE BENGAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALGORITHM; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOMBS TEST; EGYPT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP;

EID: 28044447380     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.idc.0000179881.82808.fe     Document Type: Article

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