Brucellosis in household members of Brucella patients residing in a large urban setting in Peru

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 595-598

  Mendoza Núñez, Marjorie ^b   Mulder, Maximilian ^c   Franco, María Pía ^d   Maas, Kathlène S J S M ^a   Castañeda, Maria L ^b   Bonifacio, Nilo ^b   Chacaltana, Jesús ^b   Yagui, Elena ^b   Gilman, Robert H ^e,f   Espinosa, Benjamin ^g   Blazes, David ^g   Hall, Eric ^g   Abdoel, Theresia H ^a   Smits, Henk L ^a  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b HOSPITAL NACIONAL DANIEL ALCIDES CARRIÓN   (Peru)

^c HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^g Peru   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; DAIRY PRODUCT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERU; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; URBAN AREA;

BRUCELLA;

EID: 45349086601     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.595     Document Type: Article

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