Shared vector-borne zoonoses of the Old World and New World: Home grown or translocated?

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 129, Issue 31-32, 1999, Pages 1099-1105

  Childs, J E ^a   Ellis, B A ^a   Nicholson, W L ^a   Kosoy, M ^a   Sumner, J W ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Ehrlichia; Ehrlichiosis; Rodents; Translocation; Vector borne diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EHRLICHIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TICK BORNE DISEASE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DISEASE VECTORS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; PHYLOGENY; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0033543234     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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