Conservation medicine and a new agenda for emerging diseases

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1026, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-11

  Daszak, Peter ^a   Tabor, Gary M ^b   Kilpatrick, A Marm ^a   Epstein, Jon ^a   Plowright, Raina ^c  

^a ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b Wilburforce Foundation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chytridiomycosis; Conservation medicine; Emerging diseases; Hendra virus; Nipah virus; West Nile virus; Zoonotic pathogens

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; HENDRA VIRUS; INFECTION PREVENTION; NIPAH VIRUS; NONHUMAN; ORNITHOSIS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WILDLIFE; ZOONOSIS;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; FLAVIVIRUS; HENDRA VIRUS; NIPAH VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 10444280998     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1307.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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