Polly can make you sick: Pet bird-associated diseases

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 235-243

  Jorn, Keels S ^a   Thompson, Kristine M ^a   Larson, Jan M ^a   Blair, Janis E ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MYCOSIS; REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MYCOSES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; VIRUS DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 67149108142     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.76a.08018     Document Type: Review

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