Prevalence and relevant factors of positive RF in brucellosis patients with arthralgia.

• Main Authors: Siwen Zhang (Author), Jing Hu (Author), Shuqi An (Author), Mujinyan Li (Author), Fande Li (Author), Peng Zhang (Author), Xiangyi Zhang (Author), Huixin Yang (Author), Taijun Wang (Author), Jingjing Luo (Author), Fangfang Hu (Author), Jiashuo Liu (Author), Qing Zhen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>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 the RF in...