Outbreaks of brucellosis related to the consumption of unpasteurized camel milk

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 523-527

  Garcell, Humberto G ^a   Garcia, Elias G ^a   Pueyo, Pedro V ^a   Martín, Isis R ^a   Arias, Ariadna V ^a   Alfonso Serrano, Ramon N ^a  

^a The Cuban Hospital   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Camels; Human; Raw milk

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CAMEL MILK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QATAR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CAMEL; COINFECTION; FAMILY HEALTH; FOODBORNE DISEASES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PATHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BLOOD; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CAMELUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MILK; QATAR; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954287285     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2015.12.006     Document Type: Article

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