Seroprevalence of brucellosis in cattle and humans in the Akwapim-South district of Ghana: Public health implications

Acta Tropica

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-48

  Kubuafor, D K ^a   Awumbila, B ^a   Akanmori, B D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Cattle; Ghana; Public health importance

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ABORTION; AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GHANA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ZOONOSES;

BOS TAURUS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; SANGA;

EID: 0034698258     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(00)00088-7     Document Type: Article

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