Zoonotic transmission of tuberculosis between pastoralists and their livestock in south-east Ethiopia

EcoHealth

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-149

  Gumi, Balako ^a   Schelling, Esther ^b,c   Berg, Stefan ^d   Firdessa, Rebuma ^e   Erenso, Girume ^e   Mekonnen, Wondale ^e   Hailu, Elena ^e   Melese, Ermias ^a   Hussein, Jemal ^e   Aseffa, Abraham ^e   Zinsstag, Jakob ^b,c  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^e ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Camels; Cattle; Humans; Mycobacteria; Mycobacterium bovis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CAMEL; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHIOPIA; GENETICS; GOAT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVESTOCK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL POPULATION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SPUTUM;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CAMELS; CATTLE; ETHIOPIA; GOATS; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL POPULATION; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACILLI (CLASS); BOS; CAMELIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84865797825     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-012-0754-x     Document Type: Article

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