Wildlife, exotic pets, and emerging zoonoses

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 6-11

  Chomel, Bruno B ^a   Belotto, Albino ^b   Meslin, François Xavier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FOOD INTAKE; HABITAT; HUMAN; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; TOURISM; WILDLIFE; ZOO ANIMAL;

EID: 33846105958     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1301.060480     Document Type: Review

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