Anthrax undervalued zoonosis

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 318-331

  Fasanella, Antonio ^a   Galante, Domenico ^a   Garofolo, Giuliano ^a   Jones, Martin Hugh ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA PUGLIA E DELLA BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal; Bacillus anthracis; Disease; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR DIPIVOXIL; ANTHRAX VACCINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFRADINE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIZOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; HYDROXAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTHRAX; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARNIVORE; CATTLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; EPIDEMIC; HORSE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MICROSCOPY; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SHEEP; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SWINE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VACCINATION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTHRAX; HUMANS; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 73949087212     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.08.016     Document Type: Review

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