Occupational exposure of buffalo gynaecologists to zoonotic bacterial diseases

Research Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-23

  Hassanain, Nawal A ^a   Ahmed, W M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Buffaloes; Occupational; PCR; Toxigenic genes; Veterinary gynecologists; Zoonotic diseases

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BUBALUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA SP.; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SERRATIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 38049055835     PISSN: 18164935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jm.2008.17.23     Document Type: Article

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