Canine echinococcosis in Turkana (north-western Kenya): A coproantigen survey in the previous hydatid-control area and an analysis of risk factors

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 601-610

  Buishi, I ^a   Njoroge, E ^b,c   Zeyhle, E ^b   Rogan, M T ^a   Craig, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIGEN; COPROANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CHEMISTRY; DOG DISEASE; FECES; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 34250635060     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485906X118503     Document Type: Article

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