Risk factors for Brucella spp. infection in smallholder household herds

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 157-164

  Matope, G ^a   Bhebhe, E ^a   Muma, J B ^b   Lund, A ^c   Skjerve, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b School of Veterinary Medicine   (Zimbabwe)

^c NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abortions; Brucella seropositivity; smallholder household herds; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; ROSE BENGAL;

ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERD; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; VETERINARY ABORTION; ZIMBABWE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BLOOD; BRUCELLA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 79952118974     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810000968     Document Type: Article

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