The association between non-biting midges and Vibrio cholerae

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3193-3200

  Broza, Meir ^a   Gancz, Hanan ^b   Kashi, Yechezkel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; CHIRONOMIDAE; DISEASE CARRIER; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISRAEL; MICROBIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIOSIS;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; INDIA; ISRAEL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMINI; DIPTERA; GLYCERIDAE; HEXAPODA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 55849150987     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01714.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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