Epidemiology of Brucellosis and Q Fever in Linked Human and Animal Populations in Northern Togo

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Dean, Anna S ^a,b   Bonfoh, Bassirou ^c   Kulo, Abalo E ^d   Boukaya, G Aboudou ^e   Amidou, Moussa ^f   Hattendorf, Jan ^a,b   Pilo, Paola ^g   Schelling, Esther ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOMÉ   (Togo)

^e Direction de l'Elevage   (Togo)

^f Directional Régional de la Santé Savanes ^*  (Togo)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROSE BENGAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BOVIDS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; BURKINA FASO; CATTLE; CHILD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; COXIELLA BURNETII; CULTURAL FACTOR; ELISA KIT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GOAT; HUMAN; HYGROMA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; Q FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; TOGO; VETERINARY ABORTION; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GOATS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; Q FEVER; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; TOGO; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84881499986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071501     Document Type: Article

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