Epidemiology of selected mycobacteria humans and other animals

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 325-337

  Ashford, D A ^a   Whitney, E ^a   Raghunathan, P ^a   Cosivi, O ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Mycobacterium avium; Mycobacterium bovis; Mycobacterium leprae; Mycobacterium ulcerans; Public health; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0035316020     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.20.1.1266     Document Type: Article

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