Investigations into the prevalence of bovine brucellosis and the risk factors that predispose humans to infection among urban dairy and non-dairy farming households in Dagoretti Division, Nairobi, Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 11 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Kang'ethe, E K ^a   Ekuttan, C E ^a   Kimani, V N ^b   Kiragu, M W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c Ministry of Agriculture   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; MILK; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; KENYA; MILK; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 38949096040     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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