Social and gender determinants of risk of cryptosporidiosis, an emerging zoonosis, in Dagoretti, Nairobi, Kenya

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 17-23

  Kimani, Violet N ^a   Mitoko, Grace ^c,d   McDermott, Brigid ^a   Grace, Delia ^b   Ambia, Julie ^a   Kiragu, Monica W ^c   Njehu, Alice N ^a,b   Sinja, Judith ^b   Monda, Joseph G ^a   Kang'ethe, Erastus K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c Ministry of Agriculture   (Kenya)

^d Ministry of Livestock Development   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidiosis; Gender; Nairobi; Social determinants of health; Urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; DIARRHEA; DRINKING WATER; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; ZOONOSES;

BOS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;

EID: 84866067063     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-012-0203-4     Document Type: Article

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