Review of the carriage of zoonotic bacteria by arthropods, with special reference to salmonella in mites, flies and litter beetles

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 299-314

  Wales, A D ^a   Carrique Mas, J J ^a   Rankin, M ^a   Bell, B ^b   Thind, B B ^c   Davies, R H ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arthropod; beetle; Campylobacter; fly; mite; Poultry; review; Salmonella; tick; zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VECTOR;

AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; ARACHNID; ARTHROPOD; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BEETLE; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLEOPTERA; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; ERYSIPELAS; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLY; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; LIVESTOCK; MITE; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TICK; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; DIPTERA; HUMANS; MITES; SALMONELLA; ZOONOSES;

ACARI; ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLEOPTERA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HELICOBACTER; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 77954529033     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01222.x     Document Type: Review

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