Brucellosis as a cause of acute febrile illness in Egypt

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 707-713

  Jennings, Gregory J ^a   Hajjeh, Rana A ^a,d   Girgis, Fouad Y ^a   Fadeel, Moustafa A ^a   Maksoud, Mohamed A ^a   Wasfy, Momtaz O ^a   Sayed, Nasr El ^b   Srikantiah, Padmini ^c,d   Luby, Stephen P ^d   Earhart, Kenneth ^a   Mahoney, Francis J ^a,d,e  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^e WHO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Brucella abortus; Brucella melitensis; Brucellosis; Egypt; Incidence; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROLOGY; SUMMER; TYPHOID FEVER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EGYPT; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

EID: 34248204545     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.02.027     Document Type: Article

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