Colonization and risk factors for Brachyspira aalborgi and Brachyspira pilosicoli in humans and dogs on tea estates in Assam, India

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 137-144

  Munshi, M A ^a   Traub, R J ^a   Robertson, I D ^a   Mikosza, A S J ^a   Hampson, D J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; WELL WATER;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRACHYSPIRA AALBORGI; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOG; FAMILY; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTESTINE FLORA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICIAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SPECIES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEA; WATER TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEROTYPING; SERPULINA; SPIROCHAETALES INFECTIONS; TEA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 1242329833     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880300116X     Document Type: Article

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