Cultural drivers and health-seeking behaviours that impact on the transmission of pig-associated zoonoses in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Burniston, Stephanie ^a   Okello, Anna L ^a,b   Khamlome, Boualam ^c   Inthavong, Phouth ^d   Gilbert, Jeffrey ^e   Blacksell, Stuart D ^f,g   Allen, John ^b   Welburn, Susan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Ministry of Health   (Laos)

^d Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry   (Laos)

^e INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^f MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^g CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Clinical syndromes; Health seeking behaviours; Hepatitis E; Japanese encephalitis; Leptospirosis; Pig associated zoonoses; Q fever; Sociocultural drivers; Streptococcus suis; Taeniasis cysticercosis; Trichinellosis

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLOSIS; CYSTICERCOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPILEPSY; FEVER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HYGIENE; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; LAOS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PIG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SOCIAL CONTROL; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; TAENIA SOLIUM; TRICHINOSIS; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 84930190800     PISSN: 20955162     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-9957-4-11     Document Type: Review

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