Parasite co-infections and their impact on survival of indigenous cattle

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Thumbi, Samuel M ^a,f,g   Bronsvoort, Barend Mark De Clare ^b   Poole, Elizabeth Jane ^c   Kiara, Henry ^c   Toye, Philip G ^c   Mbole Kariuki, Mary Ndila ^c   Conradie, Ilana ^e   Jennings, Amy ^b   Handel, Ian Graham ^b   Coetzer, Jacobus Andries Wynand ^e   Steyl, Johan C A ^e   Hanotte, Olivier ^d   Woolhouse, Mark E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^f WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g KEMRI/CDC Research and Public Health Collaboration   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BOS INDICUS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; EAST COAST FEVER; FECES ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAEMONCHOSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LABORATORY TEST; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STRONGYLOIDEA; SURVIVAL; THEILERIA PARVA; TRYPANOSOMA; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; CATTLE DISEASES; COHORT ANALYSIS; COINFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HAEMONCHIASIS; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PARASITOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; THEILERIASIS; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; COINFECTION; HAEMONCHIASIS; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; THEILERIASIS; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 84895884743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076324     Document Type: Article

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