Case report: Outbreak of human brucellosis from consumption of raw goats' milk in Penang, Malaysia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 539-541

  Leong, Kar Nim ^a   Chow, Ting Soo ^b   Wong, Peng Shyan ^b   Hamzah, Siti Hawa ^b   Ahmad, Norazah ^b   Ch'Ng, Chin Chin ^b  

^a HOSPITAL PULAU PINANG   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GOAT MILK; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LETHARGY; LOSS OF APPETITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAW FOOD; SEROLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE; ANIMAL; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GOAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK;

EID: 84941655233     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0246     Document Type: Article

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