Brucellosis outbreak in a rural endemic region of Mexico - A comprehensive investigation;Indagine su un focolaio di brucellosi in una regione endemica rurale del Messico

Veterinaria Italiana

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 185-190

  Morales García, María Rosario ^a,b   López Méndez, Jaime ^c   Pless, Reynaldo ^b   García Morales, Emilio ^d   Kosanke, Hannah ^e   Hernández Castro, Rigoberto ^f   Bedi, Jasbir ^g   López Merino, Ahidé ^a   Velázquez Guadarrama, Norma ^h   Jiménez Rojas, Leticia ^h   Contreras Rodríguez, Araceli ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c Subcomité de Rumiantes del Estado de Guanajuato   (Mexico)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^f HOSPITAL GENERAL DR MANUEL GEA GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

^g GURU ANGAD DEV VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (India)

^h HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Brucella melitensis; Brucellosis; Cheese; Outbreak; PCR; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; BRUCELLOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; GOAT; GOAT DISEASES; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; VETERINARY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BRUCELLOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 84943564818     PISSN: 0505401X     EISSN: 18281427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12834/VetIt.305.3393.1     Document Type: Article

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