Ecological origins of novel human pathogens

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 231-242

  Woolhouse, Mark ^a   Gaunt, Eleanor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal Reservoirs; Emerging Infectious Diseases; Surveillance; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA VIRUS; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTH; HUMAN; INFECTION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RNA VIRUS; TAXONOMY; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; GEOGRAPHY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 36348964753     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: 15497828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408410701647560     Document Type: Review

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