Prevalence and relevant factors of positive RF in brucellosis patients with arthralgia.
Zhang S, Hu J, An S, Li M, Li F, Zhang P, Zhang X, Yang H, Wang T, Luo J, Hu F, Liu J, Zhen Q.
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PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 Sep 20;15(9):e0009749. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009749. eCollection 2021 Sep.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021.
PMID: 34543280
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BACKGROUND: Brucellosis is a critical zoonotic disease in the world, it is the non-specific arthralgia that make brucellosis patients easily misdiagnosed as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in endemic regions. Elevated rheumatoid factor (RF) is an essential indicator of RA, and t …
BACKGROUND: Brucellosis is a critical zoonotic disease in the world, it is the non-specific arthralgia that make brucellosis patients easily …