Epidemiological survey of brucellosis in human and animals in Birjand, east of Iran

Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 460-463

  Bokaie, Saied ^a   Sharifi, Laleh ^b   Alizadeh, Hassan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Birjand; Brucellosis; Prevalence; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949100246     PISSN: 16805593     EISSN: 1993601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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