Molecular detection and characterization of Brucella species in raw informally marketed milk from Uganda

Infection Ecology and Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Hoffman, Tove ^a   Rock, Kim ^b   Mugizi, Denis Rwabiita ^c   Muradrasoli, Shaman ^a,b,d   Lindahl Rajala, Elisabeth ^b   Erume, Joseph ^c   Magnusson, Ulf ^b   Lundkvist, Åke ^a   Boqvist, Sofia ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Africa; bcsp31; brucellosis; bulk milk; milk delivery chain; omp25; PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031305360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/IEE.V6.32442     Document Type: Article

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