Changing Patterns of Human Anthrax in Azerbaijan during the Post-Soviet and Preemptive Livestock Vaccination Eras

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Kracalik, Ian ^a   Abdullayev, Rakif ^b   Asadov, Kliment ^c   Ismayilova, Rita ^b   Baghirova, Mehriban ^c   Ustun, Narmin ^b   Shikhiyev, Mazahir ^c   Talibzade, Aydin ^b   Blackburn, Jason K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Republican Anti Plague Station   (Azerbaijan)

^c State Veterinary Service   (Azerbaijan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; AZERBAIJAN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVESTOCK; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VACCINATION; ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; VETERINARY;

ANTHRAX VACCINE;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; ANTHRAX VACCINES; AZERBAIJAN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVESTOCK;

EID: 84905484528     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002985     Document Type: Article

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