Brucellosis in Sub-Saharan Africa: Current challenges for management, diagnosis and control

Acta Tropica

Volumn 165, Issue , 2017, Pages 179-193

  Ducrotoy, M ^a   Bertu, W J ^b   Matope, G ^c   Cadmus, S ^d   Conde Alvarez R ^e   Gusi, A M ^b   Welburn, S ^a   Ocholi, R ^b   Blasco, J M ^f   Moriyon I ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Africa; Brucellosis; Control; Diagnosis; Sub Sahara; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRUCELLA VACCINE; DOXYCYCLINE; ROSE BENGAL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BACTERIOLOGY; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; VACCINATION; VACCINE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA OVIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CAMEL; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MASS IMMUNIZATION; NONHUMAN; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; VACCINATION; ANIMAL; BRUCELLA; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; SEROLOGY;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; MAMMALIA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84964928023     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.10.023     Document Type: Article

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