Non-imported brucellosis outbreak from unpasteurized raw milk in Moroccan immigrants in Spain

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1552-1555

  Ramos, J M ^a   Bernal, E ^a   Esguevillas, T ^b   Lopez Garcia, P ^a   Gaztambide, M S ^b   Gutierrez, F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Epidemiología   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOTYPE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GOAT; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MILK; MOROCCO; SCHOOL CHILD; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GOATS; HUMANS; MALE; MILK; SPAIN;

EID: 54049132541     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807000210     Document Type: Article

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