Importation of mycobacteriosis with ornamental fish: Medico-legal implications

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 240-244

  Passantino, A ^a   Macri D ^b   Coluccio, P ^a   Foti, F ^a   Marino, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SICILIA A MIRRI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Law; Mycobacterium; Teleost; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMPORT DISEASE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BASE SEQUENCE; EUROPEAN UNION; FISH DISEASES; GOLDFISH; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; ZEBRAFISH; ZOONOSES;

EID: 45049087915     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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