Tularemia

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 332-338

  Foley, Janet E ^a   Nieto, Nathan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Francisella tularensis; Tularemia; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TULAREMIA VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FLUID THERAPY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFECTION RATE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBIT; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; TULAREMIA; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ASIA; DIPTERA; DISEASE VECTORS; EUROPE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; RABBITS; TICKS; TULAREMIA; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IXODIDA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 73949133554     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.07.017     Document Type: Review

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