Brucella melitensis biovar 2 can not be detected by serological method in Turkey: Letter to the editor;Ülkemizde Brucella melitensis biyovar 2 serolojik yöntemle saptanamamaktadir

Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1351-1352

  Sayan, Murat ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucella; Brucella abortus; Brucella melitensis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; LETTER; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 73449085177     PISSN: 13000292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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