Incidence of human brucellosis in a rural area in Western Greece after the implementation of a vaccination programme against animal brucellosis

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Jelastopulu, Eleni ^a   Bikas, Christos ^a   Petropoulos, Chrysanthos ^b   Leotsinidis, Michalis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Health Centre of Erymanthia   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HERD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; RURAL AREA; TIME; VACCINATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA VACCINE; BRUCELLOSIS; GREECE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 48249113785     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-241     Document Type: Article

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