A 12-case outbreak of pharyngeal plague following the consumption of camel meat, in north-eastern Jordan

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 789-793

  Arbaji, A ^a   Kharabsheh, S ^a   Al Azab, S ^a   Al Kayed, M ^a   Amr, Z S ^b   Abu Baker, M ^b   Chu, M C ^c  

^a Ministry of Health Laboratory   (Jordan)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; F1 ANTIGEN; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YERSINIA ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; JORDAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEAT; PHARYNGITIS; PLAGUE; SYMPTOM; TULAREMIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CAMELS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; MEAT; PHARYNGITIS; PLAGUE; YERSINIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; JORDANIA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 28144456568     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485905X65161     Document Type: Article

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