Differences in the epidemiology of theileriosis on smallholder dairy farms in contrasting agro-ecological and grazing strata of highland Kenya

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 325-335

  Gitau, G K ^a,b   McDermott, J J ^a   Katende, J M ^a   O'Callaghan, C J ^c   Brown, R N ^d   Perry, B D ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SEROCONVERSION; THEILERIA PARVA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; KENYA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIASIS; TICKS;

EID: 0034051709     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268800003526     Document Type: Article

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