Brucellosis in Turkey - an overview

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Yumuk, Zeki ^a   O'Callaghan, David ^b,c  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CHU Nîmes   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Epidemiology; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLA VACCINE; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DAIRY PRODUCT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOOD INTAKE; FUNDING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIVESTOCK; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TURKEY; VIRULENCE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84858297936     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.12.011     Document Type: Review

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