Window of treatment initiation for human brucellosis, implications for treatment efficacy, and prevention of chronic infection.
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TO THE EDITOR—Brucellosis is a common zoonotic infectious disease, with >500 000 new cases reported annually worldwide [1, 2]. Brucellosis is caused by the in-tracellular bacterial pathogen Brucella.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
دوره 56 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013