Animal-level risk factors for Trypanosoma evansi infection in camels in eastern and central parts of Kenya

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 263-271

  Ngaira, J M ^a   Bett, B ^a   Karanja, S M ^a  

^a Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Animal level risk factors; Camel; Kenya; Pastoralism; Trypanosoma evansi

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMEL; HEMATOCRIT; INFECTION RISK; INOCULATION; KENYA; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI;

EID: 0036998273     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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