How Human Brucellosis Incidence in Urban Kampala Can Be Reduced Most Efficiently? A Stochastic Risk Assessment of Informally-Marketed Milk

Kohei Makita; Eric M. Fèvre; Charles Waiswa; Mark C. Eisler; Susan C. Welburn

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0014188

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How Human Brucellosis Incidence in Urban Kampala Can Be Reduced Most Efficiently? A Stochastic Risk Assessment of Informally-Marketed Milk

Kohei Makita ,

* E-mail: kmakita@rakuno.ac.jp

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Diseases, Division of Pathway Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Eric M. Fèvre,

Affiliation Ashworth Laboratories, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Charles Waiswa,

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Mark C. Eisler,

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Diseases, Division of Pathway Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Susan C. Welburn

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Diseases, Division of Pathway Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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How Human Brucellosis Incidence in Urban Kampala Can Be Reduced Most Efficiently? A Stochastic Risk Assessment of Informally-Marketed Milk

Kohei Makita,
Eric M. Fèvre,
Charles Waiswa,
Mark C. Eisler,
Susan C. Welburn

Published: December 1, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014188

About the Authors

Kohei Makita

* E-mail: kmakita@rakuno.ac.jp

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Diseases, Division of Pathway Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Eric M. Fèvre

Affiliation Ashworth Laboratories, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Charles Waiswa

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Mark C. Eisler

Susan C. Welburn

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KM EMF CW MCE SCW. Performed the experiments: KM CW. Analyzed the data: KM EMF. Wrote the paper: KM EMF SCW.

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