Global Burden of Human Brucellosis: A Systematic Review of Disease Frequency

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Dean, Anna S ^a,b   Crump, Lisa ^a,b   Greter, Helena ^a,b   Schelling, Esther ^a,b   Zinsstag, Jakob ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MORBIDITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BRUCELLOSIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84869050024     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001865     Document Type: Review

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