Serological surveillance of brucellosis and Q fever in cattle in the Central African Republic

Acta Tropica

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-151

  Nakoune E ^a   Debaere, O ^b   Koumanda Kotogne, F ^b   Selekon, B ^a   Samory, F ^a   Talarmin, A ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE BANGUI   (Central African Republic)

^b Agence Natl Pour Le Devmt l'Elev   (Central African Republic)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Cattle; Central African Republic; Q fever

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CLIMATE; COXIELLA BURNETII; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; Q FEVER; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VEGETATION;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MALE; Q FEVER; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BRUCELLA; COXIELLA; COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 4444353959     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2004.06.007     Document Type: Article

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