Survey of Brucella infection and malaria among Abattoir workers in Kampala and Mbarara Districts, Uganda

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nabukenya, Immaculate ^a   Kaddu Mulindwa, Deogratius ^a   Nasinyama, George William ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Abattoir workers; Brucella; Brucellosis; Malaria; MAT; Seropositivity; STAT; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; UGANDA; ZOONOSES;

ABATTOIRS; ADULT; ANIMALS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UGANDA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84884681188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-901     Document Type: Review

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