Seroepidemiology of selected zoonotic infections in Basra region of Iraq

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 112-118

  Yacoub, A A H ^a   Bakr, Sundus S ^b   Hameed, A M ^b   Al Thamery, A A A ^c   Fartoci, M J ^c  

^a MUSTANSIRIYAH UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

^c Basra Health Services Directorate   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SUBURBAN AREA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URBAN AREA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBURBAN HEALTH; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URBAN HEALTH; ZOONOSES;

EID: 33748429740     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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