Evidence that rodent control strategies ought to be improved to enhance food security and reduce the risk of rodent-borne illnesses within subsistence farming villages in the plague-endemic West Nile region, Uganda

International Journal of Pest Management

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 259-270

  Eisen, Rebecca J ^a   Enscore, Russell E ^a   Atiku, Linda A ^b   Zielinski Gutierrez, Emily ^a   Mpanga, Joseph T ^b   Kajik, Ezekiel ^b   Andama, Vincent ^b   Mungujakisa, Cyrus ^b   Tibo, Emmanuel ^b   MacMillan, Katherine ^a   Borchert, Jeff N ^a   Gage, Kenneth L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

food security; food storage; plague; rodent control; rodent damage; rodent borne diseases; subsistence agriculture

Indexed keywords

CROP DAMAGE; DISEASE CONTROL; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD STORAGE; HEALTH IMPACT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PEST CONTROL; RODENT; VILLAGE;

NILE [UGANDA]; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84890799589     PISSN: 09670874     EISSN: 13665863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670874.2013.845321     Document Type: Article

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