The role of livestock keeping in tuberculosis trends in Arusha, Tanzania

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 695-704

  Mfinanga, Sayoki G ^a,b   Morkve O ^a   Kazwala, R R ^c   Cleaveland, S ^d   Sharp, J M ^e   Shirima, G ^c   Nilsen, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Livestock; Risk; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROOM VENTILATION; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS; VENTILATION; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0038112128     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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