Human brucellosis: Seroprevalence and associated exposure factors among abattoir workers in Abuja, Nigeria - 2011

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 16, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Aworh, Mabel Kamweli ^a   Okolocha, Emmanuel ^b   Kwaga, Jacob ^b   Fasina, Folorunso ^c,d   Lazarus, David ^c,d   Suleman, Idris ^b   Poggensee, Gabrielle ^a   Nguku, Patrick ^a   Nsubuga, Peter ^e  

^a Ahmadu Bello University ^*

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Nigeria)

^e Global Public Health Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Abattoir; Brucellosis; Exposure factors; Nigeria; Occupational hazard; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ROSE BENGAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RAW MEAT; SEROPREVALENCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKER; WOUND; ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TIME; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

ABATTOIRS; ADULT; ANIMALS; BRUCELLOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84888146756     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2013.16.103.2143     Document Type: Article

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