Bovine tuberculosis at the human-livestock-wildlife interface: Is it a public health problem in Tanzania?: A review

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Katale, Bugwesa Z ^a,b   Mbugi, Erasto V ^a   Kendal, Sharon ^c   Fyumagwa, Robert D ^b   Kibiki, Gibson S ^d   Godfrey Faussett, Peter ^e   Keyyu, Julius D ^b   van Helden, Paul ^f   Matee, Mecky I ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMIZED PATIENT; LIVESTOCK; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TANZANIA; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; VETERINARY; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CATTLE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LIVESTOCK; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TANZANIA; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84863541711     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: 22190635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v79i2.463     Document Type: Article

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