Seroprevalence of brucellosis among high risk individuals in Guilan, Iran

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1366-1371

  Nikokar, Iraj ^a   Hosseinpour, Mojtaba ^a   Asmar, Medhi ^b   Pirmohbatei, Shirin ^b   Hakeimei, Faheqheh ^b   Razavei, Mohmed Taqhei ^a  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agglutination Tests; Brucellosis; Elisa; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROPLATE AGGLUTINATION TEST; RURAL AREA; SEROPREVALENCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SLIDE AGGLUTINATION TEST;

EID: 80955149415     PISSN: 17351995     EISSN: 17357136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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