Mycobacterium liflandii infection in European colony of Silurana tropicalis

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 743-746

  Suykerbuyk, Patrick ^a   Vleminckx, Kris ^b,c   Pasmans, Frank ^c   Stragier, Pieter ^a   Ablordey, Anthony ^a,d   Hong, Thi Tran ^b,c   Hermans, Katleen ^c   Fleetwood, Michelle ^e   Meyers, Wayne M ^e   Portaels, Françoise ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^e ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUROPE; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LIFLANDII; NONHUMAN;

EID: 34247866405     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1305.060625     Document Type: Article

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