Epidemiological characteristics of brucellosis in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 345-350

  Obradović, Zarema ^a,b   Velić, Ramiz ^b  

^a Health Center of Sarajevo Canton   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TREND STUDY; VACCINATION; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MORBIDITY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; BRUCELLOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 78049444797     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2010.51.345     Document Type: Article

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