Representative seroprevalences of brucellosis in humans and livestock in Kyrgyzstan

EcoHealth

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 132-138

  Bonfoh, Bassirou ^a   Kasymbekov, Joldoshbek ^b   Dürr, Salome ^c   Toktobaev, Nurjan ^d   Doherr, Marcus G ^c   Schueth, Tobias ^d   Zinsstag, Jakob ^e,f   Schelling, Esther ^e,f  

^a CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b Kyrgyz Research Institute of Veterinary (KRIV)   (Kyrgyzstan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d Kyrgyz Swiss Swedish Health Project   (Kyrgyzstan)

^e SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apparent prevalence; Brucellosis; Human; Incidence; Kyrgyzstan; Livestock; Serology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KYRGYZSTAN; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KYRGYZSTAN; LIVESTOCK; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84865747726     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-011-0722-x     Document Type: Article

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