Prevalence of bovine and human brucellosis in western Algeria: Comparison of screening tests

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 119-128

  Aggad, H ^a   Boukraa, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TIARET   (Algeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHACRIDINE LACTATE;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ALGERIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOTYPE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOVIDS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; GOLD STANDARD; HERD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MILK; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TISSUE;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ALGERIA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MILK; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; ROSE BENGAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 33748435341     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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