Neurobrucellosis in stranded dolphins, Costa Rica

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1430-1433

  Hernández Mora, Gabriela ^a   González Barrientos, Rocío ^a   Morales, Juan Alberto ^a   Chaves Olarte, Esteban ^a,b   Guzmán Verri, Caterina ^a   Baquero Calvo, Elías ^a   De Miguel, María Jesús ^c   Marín, Clara María ^c   Blasco, José María ^c   Moreno, Edgardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAIN REGION; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CALF (MAMMAL); CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; STENELLA;

EID: 50849129594     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1409.071056     Document Type: Article

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