Journal of Infection and Public Health
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 81-85 , 2009

A 24-year study of the epidemiology of human brucellosis in a health-care system in Eastern Saudi Arabia

  • Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq

      Affiliations

    • Internal Medicine Services Division, Dhahran Health Center, Saudi Aramco Medical Services Organization, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: P.O. Box 76, Room A-428-2, Building 61, Dhahran Health Center, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran 31311, Saudi Arabia. Tel.: +966 3 877 3524; fax: +966 3 877 3790.
    • ,
  • Abbas AbuKhamsin

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology Unit, Saudi Aramco Medical Services Organization, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Received 29 January 2009 ,Revised 26 March 2009 ,Accepted 30 March 2009.

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PII: S1876-0341(09)00028-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2009.03.003

Journal of Infection and Public Health
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 81-85 , 2009

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