An epidemiological profile of brucellosis in Tabuk Province, Saudi Arabia;Profit épidémiologique de la brucellose dans la Province deTabouk (Arabie Saoudite)

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 791-798

  Elbeltagy, K E ^a,b  

^a Primary Health Care Administration   (Saudi Arabia)

^b TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CONTACT; ANOREXIA; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BODY WEIGHT LOSS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; HEADACHE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT SWEAT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RAW MILK INGESTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROLOGY; SPLENOMEGALY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HEALTH; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPLENOMEGALY; ZOONOSES;

EID: 4944239042     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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