1st Edition

Brucellosis Clinical and Laboratory Aspects

By Edward J. Young, Michael J. Corbel Copyright 1989
198 Pages
by CRC Press

192 Pages
by CRC Press

Fourteen brucellosis experts from seven countries discuss the history, epidemiology, microbiology, immunology, diagnosis, treatment, and control of brucellosis in animals and man. Edited by members of the World Health Organization's Expert Committee on Brucellosis, this text is the first comprehensive treatment of the disease since The Nature of Brucellosis by Wesley W. Spink in 1956. Topics... Read more
History of Brucella as a Human Pathogen. The Mediterranean Fever Commission: Its Origin and Achievements. Brucellosis: Epidemiology and Prevalence Worldwide. Relationship Between Animal and Human Disease. Microbiology of the Genus Brucella. Laboratory Techniques in the Diagnosis of Human Brucellosis. Immunology and Pathophysiology of Human Brucellosis. Clinical Manifestations of Human Brucellosis. Treatment of Brucellosis in Humans. Brucellosis in Rural Practice. Brucellosis in Latin America. Brucellosis in Eastern European Countries. Brucellosis in China. Index. 200 pp., 7x10, 1989, ISBN 0-8493-6661-5.

* The first comprehensive treatment of Brucellosis since The Nature of Brucellosis by Wesley W. Spink in 1956.

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