Isolation of E. Coli 0157:h7 from milk and cattle faeces from urban dairy farming and non dairy farming neighbour households in Dagoretti Division, Nairobi, Kenya: Prevalence and risk factors

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 11 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Kang'Ethe, E K ^a   Onono, J O ^a   McDermott, B ^b   Arimi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; MALE; MILK; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MILK; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 38949087193     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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