Mixed Methods Survey of Zoonotic Disease Awareness and Practice among Animal and Human Healthcare Providers in Moshi, Tanzania

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Zhang, Helen L ^a   Mnzava, Kunda W ^b,c   Mitchell, Sarah T ^d   Melubo, Matayo L ^b,c   Kibona, Tito J ^b,c   Cleaveland, Sarah ^e   Kazwala, Rudovick R ^c   Crump, John A ^a,d,f,g   Sharp, Joanne P ^h   Halliday, Jo E B ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NELSON MANDELA AFRICAN INSTITUTION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Tanzania)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^g KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; Q FEVER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RABIES; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TANZANIA; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84962409021     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004476     Document Type: Article

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