Swine leptosplrosis: Low risk of exposure for humans?

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 809-810

  Ribotta, Morcelo ^a   Higgins, Robert ^a   Perron, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; RISK FACTOR; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CANADA; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0033227762     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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