Important emerging bacterial zoonotic infections affecting the immunocompromised

Veterinary Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 493-506

  Trevejo, Rosalie T ^a   Barr, Margaret C ^a   Robinson, Roberth Ashley ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Disease prevention; Emerging diseases; Immunocompromised; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL CARE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BITE; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORRELIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIA; FOOD HANDLING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RHODOCOCCUS; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA; TECHNOLOGY; TRAVEL; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 19344364707     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2005011     Document Type: Review

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