Mycobacterium bovis infection in livestock workers in Ibadan, Nigeria: Evidence of occupational exposure

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1388-1392

  Adesokan, H K ^a   Jenkins, A O ^b   Van Soolingen, D ^c,d   Cadmus, Simeon Idowu B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Nigeria; Transmission; Tuberculosis; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866456552     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0109     Document Type: Article

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