Evaluation of temporal and spatial clustering of horses with Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infection

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 284-291

  Doherr, Marcus G ^a,b   Carpenter, Tim E ^a   Wilson, W David ^a   Gardner, Ian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING;

EID: 0033086954     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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