The role of starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) in the epidemiology of potentially human bacterial pathogens;Die Rolle des Gemeinen Stars (Sturnus vulgaris) in der Epidemiologie bakterieller, potentiell humanpathogener Krankheitserreger

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 165-172

  Gautsch, Sylvia ^a,e   Odermatt, P ^b   Burnens, A P ^c   Bille, J ^d   Ewald, R ^a  

^a Kantonales Laboratorium Basel Stadt   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c Nationales Zentrum E   (Switzerland)

^d Institut de Microbiologie   (Switzerland)

^e Kantonales Laboratorium Basel Stadt   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Birds; Epidemiology; Health; Pathogens; Sturnus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIRD DISEASES; DISEASE VECTORS; FECES; HUMANS; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 0034413907     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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