Emerging or re-emerging bacterial zoonotic diseases: Bartonellosis, leptospirosis, Lyme borreliosis, plague

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 569-581

  Higgins, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bartonellosis; Emergence; Leptospirosis; Lyme borreliosis; Plague; Re emergence; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 13244288165     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.23.2.1503     Document Type: Review

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