Seroprevalence and potential risk factors for Brucella Spp. infection in traditional cattle, sheep and goats reared in urban, periurban and rural areas of Niger

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Boukary, Abdou Razac ^a,b,c,g   Saegerman, Claude ^b   Abatih, Emmanuel ^c   Fretin, David ^d   Bada, Rianatou Alambed́ji ^e   De Deken, Reginald ^c   Harouna, Halimatou Adamou ^f   Yenikoye, Alhassane ^g   Thys, Eric ^c  

^a ONG Karkara ^*  (Niger)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^e Ecole Inter Etats des Sciences et Medecine Veterinaires Dakar   (Senegal)

^f Ministry of Livestock   (Niger)

^g UNIVERSITÉ ABDOU MOUMOUNI   (Niger)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INFECTION RISK; LAND USE; MALE; NIGER; NONHUMAN; PERIURBAN AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEROPREVALENCE; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; NIGER; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84892756038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083175     Document Type: Article

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