Prevalence of thermophilic Campylobacter infections in humans, chickens and crows in Morogoro, Tanzania

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 116-121

  Mdegela, R H ^a   Nonga, H E ^a   Ngowi, H A ^a   Kazwala, R R ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKEN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CROW; FEMALE; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALTH; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKENS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CROWS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; TANZANIA; URBAN HEALTH; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CORVIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 33645454065     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: 14390450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2006.00926.x     Document Type: Article

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