Mycobacterium ulcerans in wild animals

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 252-264

  Portaels, F ^a   Chemlal, K ^a   Elsen, P ^a   Johnson, F D R ^b   Hayman, J A ^c   Nibble, J ^d   Kirkwood, R ^d   Meyers, W M ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c BOX HILL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Phillip Island Nature Park   (Australia)

^e ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpacas; Aquatic insects; Buruli ulcer; Environment; Fish; Koalas; Mycobacteria; Mycobacterium ulcerans; Possums; Water

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ARMADILLO; BASSARISCUS ASTUTUS; BOS TAURUS; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; DASYPODIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LAMA PACOS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; SQUAMATA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; REVIEW; WILD ANIMAL;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0038978087     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.20.1.1270     Document Type: Article

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