Seroprevalence and risk factors associated with brucellosis as a professional hazard in Pakistan

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 500-505

  Ali, Shahzad ^a,b,c   Ali, Qurban ^c   Neubauer, Heinrich ^b   Melzer, Falk ^b   Elschner, Mandy ^b   Khan, Iahtasham ^b,d   Abatih, Emmanuel Nji ^e   Ullah, Nemat ^a   Irfan, Muhammad ^a   Akhter, Shamim ^a  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c National Veterinary Laboratory   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROSE BENGAL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGLUTINATION TEST; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILL; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID INTAKE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAKISTAN; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROSE BENGAL PLATE TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SWEATING; SWELLING;

ABATTOIRS; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; MOLECULAR TYPING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAKISTAN; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

EID: 84879329809     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2012.1360     Document Type: Article

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