Human brucellosis: sero-prevalence and associated risk factors in agro-pastoral communities of Kiboga District, Central Uganda

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Tumwine, Gabriel ^a   Matovu, Enock ^a   Kabasa, John David ^a   Owiny, David Okello ^a   Majalija, Samuel ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL; BOVINE; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941766926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2242-z     Document Type: Article

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