Mapping brucellosis risk in communities in the Republic of Armenia

Geospatial Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-118

  Porphyre, Thibaud ^a,b   Jackson, Ronald ^b   Sauter Louis, Carola ^c   Ward, David ^d   Baghyan, Grigor ^e   Stepanyan, Edik ^e  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^e Ministry of Agriculture   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Epidemiology; Republic of Armenia; Risk mapping; Ruminants

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649749540     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2010.191     Document Type: Article

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