Foot-and-mouth disease in Tanzania from 2001 to 2006

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-52

  Picado, A ^a,b,f   Speybroeck, N ^a   Kivaria, F ^c   Mosha, R M ^d   Sumaye, R D ^e   Casal, J ^b   Berkvens, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

^c Ministry of Water and Livestock Development   (Tanzania)

^d VETAID TANZANIA ^*  (Tanzania)

^e IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^f UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Foot and mouth disease; Maasai ecosystem; Spatio temporal analysis; Tanzania; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FACTUAL DATABASE; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; INCIDENCE; TANZANIA; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; INCIDENCE; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78651108449     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2010.01180.x     Document Type: Article

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