Brucellosis as an Emerging Threat in Developing Economies: Lessons from Nigeria

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Ducrotoy, Marie J ^a   Bertu, Wilson J ^b   Ocholi, Reuben A ^b   Gusi, Amahyel M ^b   Bryssinckx, Ward ^c   Welburn, Sue ^a   Moriyón, Ignacio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Nigeria)

^c AVIA GIS   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; COOMBS TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; GOAT; HUMAN; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; REAGIN TEST; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; UNGULATE DISEASE; URBANIZATION; ANIMAL; BOVINE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; NIGERIA; SHEEP;

EID: 84905455394     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003008     Document Type: Review

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