Risk factor analysis for antibodies to Brucella, Leptospira and C. burnetii among cattle in the Adamawa Region of Cameroon: A cross-sectional study

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 617-623

  Mazeri, Stella ^a   Scolamacchia, Francesca ^b   Handel, Ian G ^a   Morgan, Kenton L ^c   Tanya, Vincent N ^d   Bronsvoort, Barend M de C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Cameroon; Cattle; Epidemiology; Leptospirosis; Q fever; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BRUCELLA; BUBALUS; COXIELLA BURNETII; LEPTOSPIRA;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CAMEROON; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COXIELLA BURNETII; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; Q FEVER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CAMEROON; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COXIELLA BURNETII; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; Q FEVER; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84872770423     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-012-0268-0     Document Type: Article

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