A case report of sporadic ovine listerial menigoencephalitis in Iowa with an overview of livestock and human cases

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 314-321

  Wesley, Irene V ^a   Larson, David J ^b   Harmon, Karen M ^b   Luchansky, John B ^c,e   Schwartz, Ann Ramos ^d  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d Food Safety Net Services Ltd   (United States)

^e EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; FECES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; IOWA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; MENINGITIS, LISTERIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0036653380     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870201400407     Document Type: Article

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