Brucella melitensis Infection Following Military Duty in Iraq

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 489-492

  Bechtol, D ^a   Carpenter, L R ^b   Mosites, E ^b   Smalley, D ^b   Dunn, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Diptheroid; Laboratory acquired infection; Military; Zoonotic diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IRAQ; KNEE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK; SACROILIAC JOINT; SEROLOGY; SOLDIER; SYMPTOM; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS;

EID: 80053899044     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2011.01399.x     Document Type: Article

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