A "One Health" surveillance and control of brucellosis in developing countries: Moving away from improvisation

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 241-248

  Godfroid, Jacques ^a,b   Al Dahouk, Sascha ^c,d   Pappas, Georgios ^e   Roth, Felix ^f   Matope, Gift ^g   Muma, John ^h   Marcotty, Tanguy ^b,i   Pfeiffer, Dirk ^j   Skjerve, Eystein ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Institute of Continuing Medical Education of Ioannina   (Greece)

^f SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^j ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Brucellosis; Control; Epidemiology; Eradication; Mixed herds; Nomadism; One Health; Serology; Vaccination; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE FARMING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GREECE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; LIVESTOCK; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MONGOLIA; NONHUMAN; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; SHEEP FARMING; UGANDA; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WILDLIFE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MASS VACCINATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEROLOGIC TESTS; ZOONOSES;

BOS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

EID: 84878915741     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: 18781667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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