Brucellosis: A re-emerging zoonosis

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 392-398

  Seleem, Mohamed N ^a,b   Boyle, Stephen M ^b   Sriranganathan, Nammalwar ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucella; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRUCELLA VACCINE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANAMNESIS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG EFFICACY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA VACCINE; BRUCELLOSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS;

EID: 74249111903     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.06.021     Document Type: Review

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