A review on camel brucellosis: A zoonosis sustained by ignorance and indifference

Pathogens and Global Health

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 144-149

  Sprague, Lisa D ^a   Al Dahouk, Sascha ^b   Neubauer, Heinrich ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Camel; Meat; Milk; Public health

Indexed keywords

ROSE BENGAL;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLACEAE; BRUCELLOSIS; CAMEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEROPREVALENCE; URBANIZATION; ZOONOSIS;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ASIA; BRUCELLOSIS; CAMELS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84866651966     PISSN: 20477724     EISSN: 20477732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2047773212Y.0000000020     Document Type: Review

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