Knowledge and practices regarding Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus among camel handlers in a Slaughterhouse, Kenya, 2015

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 169-173

  Kamau, Esther ^a,b,c   Ongus, Juliette ^c   Gitau, George ^d   Galgalo, Tura ^b   Lowther, Sara A ^b   Bitek, Austine ^e   Munyua, Peninah ^b  

^a Livestock and Fisheries   (Kenya)

^b Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

^c KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^e FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Kenya)

Author keywords

biosafety; camel; Middle East respiratory syndrome; slaughterhouse

Indexed keywords

ABATTOIR WORKER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; CAMEL; CAMEL MILK; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRINKING; DROMEDARY; FOOD INTAKE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAW MILK; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE CARRIER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIROLOGY;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CAMELUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KENYA; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85053537756     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12524     Document Type: Article

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