Clustering of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Rabbits and the environment: How hot is a hot spot?

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 6033-6038

  Judge, Johanna ^a   Kyriazakis, Ilias ^a   Greig, Alastair ^a   Allcroft, David J ^b   Hutchings, Michael R ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DISEASES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

MYCOBACTERIA; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENS; RABBITS;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; LAGOMORPH; PATHOGEN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

APPENDIX; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBIT; SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIA; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RABBITS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

BOS TAURUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 26844452046     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.10.6033-6038.2005     Document Type: Article

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