Prevalence of leptospirosis and toxoplasmosis: A study of rodents and shrews in cultivated and fallow land, Morogoro rural district, Tanzania

Tanzania Journal of Health Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Mgode, Georgies F ^a   Katakweba, Abdul S ^a   Mhamphi, Ginethon G ^a   Fwalo, Frank ^a   Bahari, Mohamed ^a   Mashaka, Mdangi ^a,b   Kilonzo, Bukheti S ^a   Mulungu, Loth S ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b Ministry of Agriculture Training Institute   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Land use; Leptospirosis; Rodents; Shrews; Tanzania; Toxoplasmosis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVATED LAND; FALLOW; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RAT; RURAL AREA; SEROTYPE; SHREW; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES HABITAT; TANZANIA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RODENT; RODENT DISEASES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SHREWS; TANZANIA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 84905112073     PISSN: 18216404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/thrb.v16i3.11     Document Type: Article

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