A 24-year study of the epidemiology of human brucellosis in a health-care system in Eastern Saudi Arabia

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-85

  Al Tawfiq, Jaffar A ^a   AbuKhamsin, Abbas ^a  

^a DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Brucella; Brucellosis; Epidemiology; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349202779     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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