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Document ID (ISN)30639
CIS number 79-194
ISSN - Serial title 0025-7818 - Medicina del lavoro
Year 1978
Convention or series no.
Author(s) D'Andrea F., Apostoli P., Menestrina F.
Title Systemic virosis in poultry-breeding workers
Original title Virosi sistemica in lavoratori addetti all'allevamento di polli [in Italian]
Bibliographic information July-Aug. 1978, Vol.69, No.4, p.537-541. Illus. 9 ref.
Abstract Two cases are reported of workers with lymphoadenomegaly. The work history, laboratory and special tests, and historical biopsy findings from a cervical lymph node suggested virosis transmitted by poultry.
Descriptors (primary) lymphatic diseases; poultry farming; virus diseases
Descriptors (secondary) biopsy; case study
Document type -
Subject(s) Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Blood diseases
Livestock rearing
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Viral diseases (other than aids)