Human behavioural factors implicated in outbreaks of human anthrax in the Tamale municipality of northern Ghana

Acta Tropica

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-52

  Opare, C ^a   Nsiire, A ^b   Awumbilla, B ^a   Akanmori, B D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Ghana; Human behaviour; Tamale municipality

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH EDUCATION;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; GHANA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HERB; HUMAN; MEAT; NONHUMAN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BEHAVIOR; CATTLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

GHANA;

ANIMALIA; ANTHRAX; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0034698239     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(00)00089-9     Document Type: Article

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