Zoonotic infections in Nigeria: Overview from a medical perspective

Acta Tropica

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-63

  Coker, A O ^a   Isokpehi, R D ^a   Thomas, B N ^b   Fagbenro Beyioku, A F ^b   Omilabu, S A ^c  

^a Dept Med Microbiol Parasitol C   (Nigeria)

^b Dept Med Microbiol Parasitol C   (Nigeria)

^c Dept Med Microbiol Parasitol C   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Emerging; Endemic; Nigeria; Public health; Sporadic; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE;

CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LASSA FEVER; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; RABIES; REVIEW; TAENIASIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION; YELLOW FEVER; ZOONOSIS;

NIGERIA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CAMPYLOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0034698235     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(00)00091-7     Document Type: Article

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