Design and descriptive epidemiology of the Infectious Diseases of East African Livestock (IDEAL) project, a longitudinal calf cohort study in western Kenya

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages

  de Clare Bronsvoort, Barend Mark ^a   Thumbi, Samuel Mwangi ^c   Poole, Elizabeth Jane ^b   Kiara, Henry ^b   Auguet, Olga Tosas ^c,f   Handel, Ian Graham ^a   Jennings, Amy ^a   Conradie, Ilana ^e   Mbole Kariuki, Mary Ndila ^b,d   Toye, Philip G ^b   Hanotte, Olivier ^b,d   Coetzer, J A W ^e   Woolhouse, Mark E J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cohort; Epidemiology; Infectious disease; Kenya; Longitudinal study; Study design

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; THEILERIA PARVA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SEROLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 84884350896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-171     Document Type: Article

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