How human brucellosis incidence in urban kampala can be reduced most efficiently? a stochastic risk assessment of informally-marketed milk

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Makita, Kohei ^a   Fèvre, Eric M ^b   Waiswa, Charles ^c   Eisler, Mark C ^a   Welburn, Susan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; MILK; MILK HYGIENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; UGANDA; URBAN AREA; ANIMAL; CATTLE; DAIRY PRODUCT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; STATISTICS;

BOS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; DAIRY PRODUCTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MILK; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 78649840435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014188     Document Type: Article

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