Quantifying risk factors for human brucellosis in Rural Northern Tanzania

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  John, Kunda ^a,b   Fitzpatrick, Julie ^c   French, Nigel ^d   Kazwala, Rudovick ^e   Kambarage, Dominic ^e   Mfinanga, Godfrey S ^a   MacMillan, Alastair ^f   Cleaveland, Sarah ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^f Veterinary Research Directorate   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATTLE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOAT; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; TANZANIA; ANIMAL; BIRTH; BODY FLUID; MICROBIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; GOATS; HUMANS; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; PARTURITION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SHEEP; TANZANIA;

EID: 77956314523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009968     Document Type: Article

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