Childhood brucellosis in Jordan: prevalence and analysis of risk factors

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-200

  Al Majali, Ahmad M ^a   Shorman, Mahmoud ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Children; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; ROSE BENGAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BOVIDS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; ROSE BENGAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 60849106959     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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