The "effects" of Rev-1 vaccination of sheep and goats on human brucellosis in Greece

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-47

  Minas, A ^a   Minas, M ^b   Stournara, A ^a   Tselepidis, S ^c  

^a Larissa Natl Ref Lab of Brucel   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c General Staff Medical Corporation   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brucella melitensis; Goat; Rev 1 vaccine; Sheep; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLA VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; GREECE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA VACCINE; BRUCELLOSIS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 3042802207     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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