Dog-associated risk factors for human plague

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 55, Issue 8-10, 2008, Pages 448-454

  Hannah Gould, L ^a,b   Pape, J ^c   Ettestad, P ^d   Griffith, K S ^b   Mead, P S ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ^*  (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Animals; Domestic; Fleas; Plague; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; FLEA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; UNITED STATES; YERSINIA PESTIS; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FLEAS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PLAGUE; RISK FACTORS; YERSINIA PESTIS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 51349139498     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01132.x     Document Type: Article

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