Occupational exposure to Streptococcus suis among US swine workers

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1925-1927

  Smith, Tara C ^a   Capuano, Ana W ^a   Boese, Brenda ^a   Myers, Kendall P ^a   Gray, Gregory C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPTICAL DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; UNITED STATES; WORKER; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SEROTYPING; SWINE DISEASE; ZOONOSIS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IOWA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 57049139397     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1412.080162     Document Type: Article

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