A two-month follow-up evaluation testing interventions to limit the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistant bacteria among Maasai of northern Tanzania

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Roulette, Casey J ^a   Caudell, Mark A ^b   Roulette, Jennifer W ^b   Quinlan, Robert J ^b   Quinlan, Marsha B ^b   Subbiah, Murugan ^b   Call, Douglas R ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agro pastoralists; Community participatory research; Health education and evaluation; Pasteurization; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CULTURAL VALUE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LIVESTOCK; MAASAI (PEOPLE); MALE; NONHUMAN; PASTEURIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SKILL RETENTION; TANZANIA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; THERMOMETER;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; PASTEURIZATION; TANZANIA; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 85038121583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-017-2857-z     Document Type: Article

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