Short report: Seroprevalence of Leptospira hardjo in cattle and African buffalos in southwestern Uganda

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 288-290

  Atherstone, Christine ^a   Picozzi, Kim ^b   Kalema Zikusoka, Gladys ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Conservation Through Public Health ^*  (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN BUFFALO; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DOMESTIC CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; UGANDA; ANIMAL; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; UGANDA;

EID: 84893459169     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0466     Document Type: Article

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