Gastrointestinal bacterial transmission among humans, mountain gorillas, and livestock in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1600-1607

  Rwego, Innocent B ^a   Isabirye Basuta, Gilbert ^a   Gillespie, Thomas R ^b   Goldberg, Tony L ^a,b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease ecology; ecosystem health; Escherichia coli; Primates; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; GENOTYPE; LIVESTOCK; PATHOGEN; PRIMATE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; APE DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GORILLA; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; UGANDA; ZOONOSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; APE DISEASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GENOTYPE; GORILLA GORILLA; HUMANS; UGANDA; ZOONOSES;

AFRICA; BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK; EAST AFRICA; SOUTHERN PROVINCE [UGANDA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI; PRIMATES;

EID: 57449115213     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01018.x     Document Type: Article

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