A serological diagnostic survey for Brucella canis infection in Turkish patients with Brucellosis-like symptoms

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 516-519

  Sayan, Murat ^a   Erdenliǧ, Sevil ^b   Stack, Judy ^c   Kiliç, Selçuk ^d   Güdücüoǧlu, Hüseyin ^e   Aksoy, Yavuz ^b   Baklan, Ayhan ^b   Etiler, Nilay ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Pendik Veteriner Kontrol ve Arastirma Enstitusu   (Turkey)

^c Veterinary Laboratories Agency (National Reference Laboratory for Rabies)   (United Kingdom)

^d Refik Saydam Hygiene Center   (Turkey)

^e YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANOREXIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BACKACHE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; NIGHT SWEAT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TURKEY;

EID: 82355161248     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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