Seroprevalence of human brucellosis in rural endemic areas in eastern Turkey

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-43

  Vancelik, Serhat ^a   Guraksin, Asuman ^a   Ayyildiz, Ahmet ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROSE BENGAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; STANDARD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION;

BRUCELLA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 43049172364     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2007.060004     Document Type: Article

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