Annual trends of human brucellosis in pastoralist communities of south-western Uganda: A retrospective ten-year study

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kansiime, Catherine ^a   Rutebemberwa, Elizeus ^a   Asiimwe, Benon B ^a   Makumbi, Fredrick ^a   Bazira, Joel ^b   Mugisha, Anthony ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Pastoralist communities; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTE AGGLUTINATION; TYPHOID FEVER; UGANDA; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 85006219568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40249-015-0072-y     Document Type: Article

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