Serologic surveillance of anthrax in the Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania, 1996-2009

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 387-394

  Lembo, Tiziana ^a,b   Hampson, Katie ^a   Auty, Harriet ^a   Beesley, Cari A ^c   Bessell, Paul ^a   Packer, Craig ^d   Halliday, Jo ^e   Fyumagwa, Robert ^f   Hoare, Richard ^f   Ernest, Eblate ^f   Mentzel, Christine ^g   Mlengeya, Titus ^h   Stamey, Karen ^c   Wilkins, Patricia P ^c   Cleaveland, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b LINCOLN PARK ZOO   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^g ENDANGERED WILDLIFE TRUST   (South Africa)

^h Tanzania National Parks   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; EXPOSURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MONITORING; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; TANZANIA; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CARNIVORA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECOSYSTEM; EQUIDAE; RUMINANTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TANZANIA;

EID: 79952335058     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1703.101290     Document Type: Article

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