Francisella tularensis: An arthropod-borne pathogen

Veterinary Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Petersen, Jeannine M ^a   Mead, Paul S ^a   Schriefer, Martin E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Francisella tularensis; Transmission; Tularemia

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; REVIEW; TICK BITE; TULAREMIA; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; ARTHROPODS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; TULAREMIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67949114094     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2008045     Document Type: Review

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