Vector-borne diseases in humans and animals: Activities of the Swiss Tropical Institute and risks for Switzerland

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 145, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 559-569

  Zinsstag, J ^a   Schelling, E ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Leishmaniosis; Malaria; Tick borne diseases; Trypanosomosis

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL HEALTH; CATTLE FARMING; CLIMATE CHANGE; EPIDEMIC; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; VECTOR CONTROL; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; CLIMATE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HUMAN; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SWITZERLAND; TICK; ZOONOSIS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CLIMATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS; MALARIA; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; ZOONOSES;

EID: 16544373849     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281.145.12.559     Document Type: Review

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