Brucella infections in high-risk population and in patients hospitalized for fever: A serological study at Kolar, Karnataka

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 549-553

  Aniyappanavar, Dhanalaxmi ^a   Prasad, Subba ^a   Tanveer, Khaji ^a   Rao, Srinivasa ^a  

^a SRI DEVARAJ URS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Brucella IgG ELISA; Brucella IgM ELISA; brucella infections in high high risk groups; brucella serology; past brucella infections; possible chronic brucellosis

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MERCAPTOETHANOL; ROSE BENGAL;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; INDIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; NIGHT SWEAT; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; VETERINARIAN;

EID: 84902462908     PISSN: 17556783     EISSN: 09746005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1755-6783.133714     Document Type: Article

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