Seroepidemiological study of livestock brucellosis in a pastoral region

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 887-896

  Megersa, B ^a,b   Biffa, D ^a,b   Abunna, F ^a   Regassa, A ^a   Godfroid, J ^b   Skjerve, E ^b  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Ethiopia; livestock; pastoral system; prevalence; risk factors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HOUSEHOLD; INFECTION RISK; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CAMELS; CATTLE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; GOATS; LIVESTOCK; RISK FACTORS; ROSE BENGAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84859339588     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811001178     Document Type: Article

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