Wild boars as sources for infectious diseases in livestock and humans

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1530, 2009, Pages 2697-2707

  Meng, X J ^a   Lindsay, D S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis e virus; Swine; Trichinellosis; Tuberculosis; Wild boar; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEPATITIS; HUNTING; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MEAT; NEMATODE; PIG; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUBERCULOSIS;

ASIA; CANADA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR SUIS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 70349303743     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0086     Document Type: Review

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