Brucellosis

International Encyclopedia of Public Health

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 281-295

  Castaño, María Jesús ^a   Navarro, Elena ^a   Solera, Javier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALBACETE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic therapy; Bioterrorism; Brucella abortus; Brucella melitensis; Brucella suis; Brucellosis; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Eradication; Malta fever; PCR methods; Public health; Serological methods; Vaccine; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040153769     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-803678-5.00041-2     Document Type: Chapter

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