Clinical Manifestations of Human Brucellosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Dean, Anna S ^a,b   Crump, Lisa ^a,b   Greter, Helena ^a,b   Hattendorf, Jan ^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

ABORTION; ARTHRALGIA; BACKACHE; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MYALGIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORCHITIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPONDYLITIS; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BRUCELLOSIS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; EPIDIDYMITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ORCHITIS;

EID: 84872015632     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001929     Document Type: Review

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