The role of unpasteurized "hawked" milk in the transmission of brucellosis in Eldoret municipality, Kenya

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 260-266

  Namanda, Augustine Taban ^a   Kakai, Rose ^b   Otsyula, Mary ^a  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Hawking; Pasteurization; Transmission

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAWK; HUMAN; KENYA; MILK; MILK RING TEST; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SCREENING TEST; UNPASTEURIZED MILK; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CITIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; KENYA; MILK; ZOONOSES;

EID: 67649494679     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.122     Document Type: Article

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