Case-control study of risk factors for high within-flock small-ruminant brucellosis prevalence in a brucellosis low-prevalence area

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-210

  Lithg Pereira, P L ^a   Rojo Vazquez F A ^b   Mainar Jaime, R C ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLA VACCINE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERADICATION THERAPY; HERD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RUMINANTS;

EID: 1842555256     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268803001675     Document Type: Article

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