The Prevalence of Brucellosis in Cattle, Goats and Humans in Rural Uganda: A Comparative Study

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2016, Pages e197-e210

  Miller, R ^a   Nakavuma, J L ^b   Ssajjakambwe, P ^b   Vudriko, P ^b   Musisi, N ^b   Kaneene, J B ^a  

^a Center for Comparative Epidemiology   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

comparative epidemiology; human brucellosis; lateral flow assay; livestock brucellosis; milk ring test; Rose Bengal Plate test

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BOVINE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE DISEASES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASES; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; LACTATION; MALE; MILK; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA;

EID: 84945206428     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12332     Document Type: Article

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