Victims or vectors: A survey of marine vertebrate zoonoses from coastal waters of the Northwest Atlantic

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-38

  Bogomolni, Andrea L ^a   Gast, Rebecca J ^a   Ellis, Julie C ^b   Dennett, Mark ^a   Pugliares, Katie R ^c   Lentell, Betty J ^d   Moore, Michael J ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cape Cod Stranding Network Inc   (United States)

^d NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird; Cetacean; Northwest Atlantic; Pinniped; Vertebrate; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CETACEAN; COASTAL WATER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; GENE TRANSFER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; PINNIPED; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIRD; CETACEA; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOON; SEASON; SHARK; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIRDS; CETACEA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PROTOZOA; SEASONS; SHARKS; VIRUSES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; CETACEA; CLUPEIDAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LEPTOSPIRA; MAMMALIA; PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PINNIPEDIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 52249100106     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao01936     Document Type: Article

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