Factors associated with pastoral community knowledge and occurrence of mycobacterial infections in Human-Animal Interface areas of Nakasongola and Mubende districts, Uganda

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kankya, Clovice ^a,b   Muwonge, Adrian ^b   Olet, Susan ^a   Munyeme, Musso ^b,c   Biffa, Demelash ^b   Opuda Asibo, John ^a   Skjerve, Eystein ^b   Oloya, James ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UGANDA; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 77955283316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-471     Document Type: Article

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