Outbreak of Mycobacterium marinum infection among captive snakes and bullfrogs

Zoo Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 233-241

  Maslow, Joel N ^a,b   Wallace, Roberta ^c   Michaels, Margaret ^c   Foskett, Holly ^d   Maslow, Elizabeth A ^a   Kiehlbauch, Julia A ^e,f  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^f NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian tuberculosis; Genotyping; Mycobacterium marinum; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Snake tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; RANA CATESBEIANA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0036298055     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.10022     Document Type: Article

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