Determining causality and controlling disease is based on collaborative research involving multidisciplinary approaches

EcoHealth

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 331-334

  Skerratt, L F ^a   Garner, T W J ^b   Hyatt, A D ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibian pathogens; Batrachochytrium; Causation; Chytridiomycosis; Diagnostic tests; Experiments; Multidisciplinary; Scientific method; Wildlife epidemiology

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; COOPERATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENICITY;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; CAUSALITY; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MYCOSES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 77957331622     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-010-0292-3     Document Type: Review

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